Need some serious help from button people

[MackDog]

First off what is it? Appears to be like a two piece button, made by superior quality. Was 10" down in a turn of the century park in Spokane Washington. Any idea of what uniform it's from or age? Top rocker reads constitution. Thank you all for looking and Maybe helping.

Mack Dog

 

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[creskol]

part of a fashion belt made out of button-look-alikes.

It would have looked similar to the one in this post: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/239088-19th-century-belt-buttons-rr-related.html

 

[MackDog]

the links are way to thin to be a belt thanks though

 

[creskol]

the links are way to thin to be a belt thanks though

they were very thin and delicate.

 

[creskol]

Here are the remains of one I dug many years ago.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

MackDog wrote:
> "The links are way to thin to be a belt thanks though."

MackDog, you said you wanted "some serious help from button people." That's exactly what my very knowledgable friend Creskol gave you. His identification of your find is correct. What will you say about these photos, showing the front and back of the belts?

They were sold as "Ladies Patriotic" sash-belts, mostly for the wives and daughters of civil war veterans, made in the 1880s through very-early 1900s.

 

[fyrffytr1]

I agree with Creskol and TheCannonballGuy. But, I will add that most decorative belts I have seen are Union motif. Your piece is a Georgia state seal one and I have never seen one of those posted before so congratulations on a nice find.

 

[MackDog]

I stand corrected and thank you all. That’s why I rely on the experts and why I’m not

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

You were probably (and understandably) confused by the term "fashion belt." In the 1800s the term "belt" did not mean something that held up your pants... because that type of belt (and pants with belt-loops) had not yet been invented. For example, the original Levi's Jeans did not have belt-loops. At that time, Suspenders were the method for holding up your pants. The Ladies Patriotic sash-belts were not used to hold up clothing. They were just a "decorative fashion belt," worn either over-the-shoulder or around the waist.