Need some help on IDs---please CW experts

[BarberDan]

Need some help on ID's---please CW experts

I was metal detecting some fields of an old home site with my detecting buddy G4E.
I found 2 general service CW buttons....cool.
I also found a button with the number 2 wrapped in a bugle and a maltese cross medal (?).
I could really use some help identifying what these two items may be. Thanks in advance.

 

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[BosnMate]

Great finds. I no nothing about buttons, I know the horn on a hat is infantry, but that's just my swag. An expert will come along and inform us soon I hope.

 

[BosnMate]

This is as close as I can come on a short search. The center medal is closest to yours, and it's post civil war, Women's Relief Corps.
The button might be post civil war also, indicating an infantry outfit

 

[duggap]

I didn't find an exact match, but I think (somewhat a guess) that what you have is a British Infantry button. There are several with the horn on the internet, but not an exact match. Someone will come along and give you a more definitive answer.

 

[nhbenz]

A picture or description of the backs of both may help

 

[BarberDan]

Nhbenz....the back is tough to read but I can make out the following: Ross Ho(can't read the rest) Mfg Co
It's a two piece button....with the shank still attached.

 

[RestoringYourFinds]

Here is what I found in the first third of this webpage : (Initially from a very old French book about all 19th century military buttons and some others from the same century)

http://detektorysci.pl/guziki-napoleonskie.html



These buttons belong to the French "light infantry", both very early 19th century. 1807 or so, possibly earlier.

Not to say that this is the button you have, I am pretty confident what you have is a military button, early 19th century. Now, is it French...? No idea. I guess this design must have been shared by some/many countries. See dug gap button which is British, with a very close design.

 

[BarberDan]

Thanks Taltahull....that is amazingly similar. Thanks for the website too. I believe it is an American button...based upon the back of the button. I appreciate you looking into it.

 

[surf]

It's a great looking button, Dan. I'm a sucker for a good post horn, and that is a beaut! I always wonder, when I see them, of the symbolism behind the use.

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[RestoringYourFinds]

Just found out that the US 2nd regiment of Riflemen looks a lot like yours ! The one I saw is not a two piece though...