Old button help.

[Socks]

Is it old or a repro? Believe it is pewter.
Found one online that looks like it, but it is two piece and brass...

Any help on age and origin would be great.

TiA

 

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[vpnavy]

1st - I noticed this was your very first post - so, Welcome Aboard Socks! You didn't list your state (or country) in your profile. So, you might consider jumping over to Sub-Forum: Select Your Area.... for information (i.e., clubs, hunts, finds, legends, maps, etc.) directly related to your state (or country).

2nd - Until a member pipes in - I pulled these from other TN threads...

Dating buttons... (Feb 13, 2015)

What Has 13 Stars... (Apr 24, 2011)

US Military Uniform Buttons Interesting Facts (06 April 2013 - 02:19 AM)

Livery Buttons Identified)

Tons of Livery Buttons including: Anchor, Animal Paws, Antelope, Antler, Badger, Barrel, Bear, Beaver, Bee and Beehive, Bird - Raven or Rook, Birds - Birds of Prey, Birds - Cockerel, Birds - Cornish Cough, Birds - Curlew, Birds - Doves, Birds - Ducks, Birds - Herons and Storks, Birds - Misc, Birds - Ostrich, Birds - Owls, Birds - Peacock, Birds - Pelican, Birds - Pheasant, Birds - Pheonix, Birds - Swallow/Swift/Martin, Birds - Swan/Goose, Boar, Bull, Burning Hill, Camel, Castle or tower, Cat, Cathedral, Centaur, Chapeau, Civil Coat of Arms, Coat of Arms, Cockatrice, Cornucopia, Crescent, Cross, Crown, Deer or Hart, Dogs - Greyhound or Lurcher, Dogs - Gun dogs, Dogs - Talbot, Dolphin, Dragons and Wyverns, Elephant, Feathers, Female Arms - lozenge, Female Arms - Scroll, Female Arms - Shield, Fire, Fish, Fleur-de-Lys, Flowers, Foreign Buttons, Globe, Goat, Grasshopper, Griffin, Hand, Hare, Harp or Lyre, Heart, Hedgehog, Hill (Burning), Holly, Horse, Human (Leg), Human arm (embowed), Human Arm (Erect), Human Arm (Misc), Human Figures (Demi), Human Figures (Head), Human Figures (Kneeling), Human Figures (Sitting), Human Figures (Standing), Ibex, Inanimate Objects, Laurel, Leaves, Leopard or Panther, Lions (Demi), Lions (Head), Lions (Misc), Lions (Rampant), Lizard, Lobster, Mermaid, Mitre, Monkey, Monograms and Initials, Ostrich, Otter, Palm branch, Peacock, Pegasus, Pineapple, Porcupine, Portcullis, Ram or Lamb, Rhino, Rock, Rose, Sail, Salamander, Scorpion, Sea Horse, Sea Lion, Shamrock, Shell, Ship, Snake, Sphinx, Squirrel, Stag (Demi), Stag (Head), Stag (Lying Down), Stag (Sitting), Stag (Standing), Star, Sun, Tent, Thistle, Tiger, Trees, Unicorn, Vine, Weapon (Baton), Weapon (Battle Axe), Weapon (Bow and Arrow), Weapon (Cannon), Weapon (Lance and Spear), Weapon (Pheon), Weapon (Sword and Dagger), Weapons (Caltrap), Weapons (Crossbow), Whale, Wheat, Wings, and Wolf.

Navy Buttons

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Welcome to Tnet from Toronto Socks.

If you could give us some background information as to where you found this button, city, state or country.
This might help us narrow down whether it's military, school uniform or a civilian button.

I can see a Crown, a Coat of Arms and two animals on either side of the Coat of Arms.
Although, your button does resemble the Coat of Arms of Canada and England.
Dave

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Just offering some friendly-intended educational information here, because the info is important for correctly identifying this and other buttons.

Actually, that is not a crown. It is what is called a Coronet. Notice that it has several "knobs" spread out in an arch at its top.

Crowns are worn by Royalty. Coronets are worn by the Nobility... such as a Duke, a Baron, a Count, etc. Each of those ranks is represented by the number of "knobs" shown on the coronet. (For example... IF my memory is correct, 5 knobs means a Duke.... but I might be miss-remembering.)

Also... this button SEEMS (I can't tell for sure) to have what button-collectors call a "self-shank back"... on which, the back itself forms the tunnel for the thread to pass through, instead of having a separately-made-and-applied wire loop. We need a sideview photo, to show us the actual shape of this button's shank.

One of the photos attached below shows a Coronet on a "Livery" button. The other photo shows one version of "self-shank back" -- all of which are from the 20th-Century.

 

[CRUSADER]

Its a cheap pot metal 20th C blazer button