John F. Boylan "Excelsior" button

[Mainedigger]

John F. Boylan "Excelsior" button

Found this button in a private yard to an early 1800's house....the back mark says John F. Boylan, S.N.Y., NY the front along the bottom says "Excelsior" I did a search and the John Boylan company made buttons from 1864 thru 1880...but couldn;t find anything else about this one...any ideas? military? also anyone know what the S. before N.Y. on the back means? Thanks!!

 

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[PBK]

Re: John F. Boylan "Excelsior" button

"SNY" stands for State of New York. There are c. 1840-65 New York Militia oval "SNY" belt plates.

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[Mainedigger]

Re: John F. Boylan "Excelsior" button

PBK..thanks for that, I googled the button and didn't find anything but did find some on EBay (guess I gotta switch to EBay for my search engine)....

http://cgi.ebay.com/Civil-War-Perio...ryZ36034QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem