More unidentified buttons from Chile

[Chile79]

Hello fellow treasure seekers, I have here more buttons that need information on. Same story, found in the Chilean desert were the guano war took place between Perú/Chile (see coordinates map)
Some of them front and back. Thanks for any information.
They measure about 15cm each O.D
Best regards

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

A Handbook of Civil War Bullets and Cartridges - Grab it through Amazon!

[fyrffytr1]

I think your Hodgkinson button is from a miners uniform, the Ne Plus Ultra button is a victorian era Gentleman's pants or suspender button and I am not sure about the Alfredo Herouad one but it may be Peruvian military from the mid to late 1800s.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Hello again, Chile79. Thank you for providing very-precise measurements of your huttons' size. I'll add some "more specific" info to what Fyrffytr1 told you. The 15-millimeter size of thin 1-piece stamped-brass 4-hole buttons were most often used as pants-fly closure buttons. Since yours came from a battle site, I should mention, they were used on both Military and Civilian pants. Some were also used on antique long underwear, the type which in the US was called "longjohns" underwear.

One of your 4-hole buttons is marked "Hodgkinson Collier-Y-Cia"... I know a Collier is a coal miner or seller or a ship that carries coal, and the Y is Spanish for "and"... but I don't know what Cia means in Spanish.

The button with script letters EM (or ME) on its front shows the letters encircled by a wreath of Laurel leaves and Oak leaves. Although the buttons of some Civilian organizations and town Police departments show the organization's initials inside a wreath, the combination of laurel and oak leaves is usually a Military-style wreath. Therefore, being found at a battle-site, having that wreath, and the name of a Peruvian button-dealer/clothier indicates the button is probably from a Peruvian military uniform.

 

[roaddust66]

Chile is a beautiful country. My son lives at Pukon Kayak Resort

 

[tormes]

Hello. Alfredo Herouard established a hat shop in 1828. he worked in Lima and Callao. Also is known as importer of guns, swords ... this advertisement is from Almanaque de Comercio de Lima 1876.