✅ SOLVED Needing help on WW2 button

[bbheigle0605]

This has been passed down through my family and I'm having difficulty trying to identify it. It's not a traditional uniform button bc of the back right? I've been told its a WW2 Army button but it doesn't look like any I've seen on the internet. Thanks in advance!

 

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[Ace350]

At a quick glance it looks like it is off an Army dress uniform jacket. Like an Ike jacket.

 

[osage express]

Nice one...it is called a great seal button ...Hope this helps

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Your button has what button-collectors call a "self-shank" back. It means that instead of having a wire loop for attaching the button to clothing, the button's back itself is pierced with holes for sewing the button onto cloth.

It is believed that no actual US Military buttons were issued with a self-shank back. (That type doesn't work well for fitting through buttonholes on thick Military Uniform cloth.) The belief seems to be supported by your button's front showing weak detail, even though it is not a corroded button. Actual US Military buttons were manufactured to meet high quality standards, which includes having a sharp crisply-detailed stamping of the emblem (not an el-cheapo weakly detailed emblem). The high quality-standards for actual US Military buttons also specify "heavy-duty" construction... and self-shank backs are not heavy-duty.

 

[vpnavy]

bbheigle0605 - you might consider browsing Great Seal Button Backmarks Help ...

 

[bbheigle0605]

Your button has what button-collectors call a "self-shank" back. It means the instead of having a wire loop for attaching the button to clothing, the button's back itself is pierced with holes for sewing the button onto cloth.

It is believed that no actual US Military buttons were issued with a self-shank back. (That type doesn't work well for fitting through buttonholes on thick Military Uniform cloth.) The belief seems to be supported by your button's front showing weak detail, even though it is not a corroded button. Actual US Military buttons were manufactured to meet high quality standards, which includes having a sharp crisply-detailed stamping of the emblem (not an el-cheapo weakly detailed emblem). The high quality-standards for actual US Military buttons also specify "heavy-duty" construction... and self-shank backs are not heavy-duty.

Thanks again for your help TheCannonballGuy! Makes perfect sense.

 

[bbheigle0605]

bbheigle0605 - you might consider browsing Great Seal Button Backmarks Help ...

Thank you very much!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I have 2 Officer Staff buttons with the same cheap steel backs. I agree with CBG that these replacement buttons were not issued by the military.. http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/158955-button-experts.html#post1700138