My 1st key and military button

[DetectorKnight]

Got these and and a 1934 and a 1942 penny. Can someone tell a little about the key?
1. Independent Lock Co. Fitchburg Mass.
2. Waterbury Button Co. Their website says its Army but nothing else.

 

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[HutSiteDigger]

got a better shot of the button?

 

[Trezurehunter]

Button kind of looks like WW 1 Army, but a better picture would help.

 

[duggap]

Pretty sure that the button is the great seal button. Made from 1902 to present.

 

[DetectorKnight]

I attached a better pic of the button

 

[dig kzoo]

Can you show a full pic of the key? it looks like a ILCO ( independent lock company ) copy of a Yale Keyblank.
Probably a Y1 keyway. formerly yale & towne company.

 

[CASPER-2]

I USED TO BE A KNIGHT - YOUR CARTOON KNIGHTS HELM - SIMILAR TO MINE
BUTTON IS ARMY - USED FROM EARLY 1900s INTO WW II
KEY LOOKS LIKE A HOUSE DOOR LOCK KEY

 

[DetectorKnight]

It does have ILCO on the key digkzoo

 

[dig kzoo]

What would you like to know about the key?

 

[DetectorKnight]

Maybe age, what is might go too? I found it near an old home near the Railroad tracks