Ornate Button

[metaldiggr]

I found this button tonight & just spent 40 minutes searching trying to id it. I found a few close but nothing exactly like it. Any ideas?

 

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[ToddsPoint]

Fashion button? Gary

 

[fyrffytr1]

What does the back look like?

 

[Mud Hut]

Kinda looks German to me .. perhaps a government service button.

 

[metaldiggr]

What does the back look like?

Not much to be seen.

 

[HuntinDog]

20th Century Jacket/Blazer/Sweater button.

 

[Mud Hut]

I was trying to find your button online, and just happened to run across this old TNET thread that has a similar button.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/w...-lions-crown-shield-anyone-know-what-its.html

 

[invent4hir]

The picture of the back shows it to be a 2-piece button which I think dates it to 1840 or newer.