Navy Button?

[oddcoins]

Hello!

I dug this button on private property in Eugene Oregon. It is 24 millimeters in diameter. I assume it is a Navy button because of the flag & anchor theme. There's some lettering on the back, but all I can make out is ALBERT C. WILSON.

Can anyone tell me more about this button? How old is it? What years was this style made?

Thanks,
Neil

 

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[Bigcypresshunter]

My guess its a cruise line uniform button

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Hard to search on my celphon. Too bad its not the Titanic. Its a cruise ship style. http://www.titanicuniverse.com/titanic-artifacts/titanic-artifacts-28

 

[G.I.B.]

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[Bigcypresshunter]

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With an added bonus link of:

Button link

That helps with the backmark.


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[Bigcypresshunter]

I found an anchor/flag button on the Waterbury site, its not a match but its close and it doesnt say the name of the steamship/cruise line that may have used it. Flag w/ anchor - Waterbury Button

Its definitely not US Navy or British Navy as its not a fouled anchor (with rope)

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The Colchester (England) Treasure Hunters website has a British Navy buttons ID section.
Navy buttons
Scroll about 2/3 of the way down that webpage, look on the left in the section titled "Non Royal Navy" buttons, and you'll see it shows an exact match (including the "oversize" rope border) for the button found by Oddcoins. The ID under the photo says "MN [Merchant Navy] Anchor-Line / In use 1900-1960s / Maker: Waterbury".

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I remember that website. Its a good one. I guess some of the Royal Navy anchors are depicted without the rope. I believe all US Navy anchors are fouled but the British Navy has so many.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

The Colchester (England) Treasure Hunters website has a British Navy buttons ID section.
Navy buttons
Scroll about 2/3 of the way down that webpage, look on the left in the section titled "Non Royal Navy" buttons, and you'll see it shows an exact match (including the "oversize" rope border) for the button found by Oddcoins. The ID under the photo says "MN [Merchant Navy] Anchor-Line / In use 1900-1960s / Maker: Waterbury".

I think thats it. MN Anchor Line. The Anchor Line Triplets: Octorara, Juniata, and Tionesta ? Zenith City Online

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

But the according to the button backmark, it was made in London. Check this out. "The beginnings of Anchor Line Ltd can be seen in 1838 when two brothers, Nicol and Robert Handyside, established themselves in Glasgow, Scotland, as shipbrokers and merchants."


History - The Anchor Line