New looking old button.

[kermit]

I dug this button today at the same site I found the 1889 Indian head penny. The button was about 6 or 8 inches deep and it sounded like a weak wheat tone on my DFX. Thinking it was trash I dug it anyway just to prove myself wrong once again.
On the back it reads HORSTMANN PHILADELPHIA I googled it and it turns out this button was produced from 1893 to 1935. Now I just need to find out what type of uniform it came off of and why was it in a 100 year old school yard.

http://pw1.netcom.com/~jimyce/bm.html

Any info would help

Thanks for looking

Kermit

 

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[PBK]

It's a U.S. Army "Great Seal" general service uniform button, a pattern introduced in 1902 and still in use today.

 

[trk5capt]

It's a U.S. Army "Great Seal" general service uniform button, a pattern introduced in 1902 and still in use today.

PBK, Nailed It That Is Exactly What It Is , Some Kid Probably Brought it to Show His Friends and Lost It. trk5capt... 8)