plain coin button w/ eagle & anchor on back

[tesorobandit]

can't find any info on them- just fashion accessories?

 

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[DCMatt]

Here is a good thread with some eagle backmarked buttons.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/my-best-finds/227108-lets-see-some-eagle-buttons.html

DCMatt

 

[tesorobandit]

Here is a good thread with some eagle backmarked buttons.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/my-best-finds/227108-lets-see-some-eagle-buttons.html

DCMatt

the one b y Neil in West Jersey Tilted "This is my Best" closely resembles the eagle shield and anchor

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Your button is shown in the Albert button-book as button NA-75B. It was originally manufactured as a US Navy button, but apparently the Navy canceled the order for them with the manufacturer, so the manufacturer "recycled" them. That was done by transferring the loop from the front to the back, and then selling them to the civilian public as plain flat-buttons. My guess is that the cancellation was due to the Navy's 1830 change of its prescribed buttons from an eagle with a shield-&-anchor on its wing to an eagle standing atop an anchor.

 

[tesorobandit]

Your button is shown in the Albert button-book as button NA-75B. It was originally manufactured as a US Navy button, but apparently the Navy canceled the order for them with the manufacturer, so the manufacturer "recycled" them. That was done by transferring the loop from the front to the back, and then selling them to the civilian public as plain flat-buttons. My guess is that the cancellation was due to the Navy's 1830 change of its prescribed buttons from an eagle with a shield-&-anchor on its wing to an eagle standing atop an anchor.

So it is just fashion swag ca 19oo's

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

1900s Please note that I said "due to the Navy's 1830 change." In my opinion, your 1-piece brass flat-button was manufactured in late-1829 or early 1830, and got transformed (later in 1830) by its manufacturer for sale as a civilian button after the US Navy announced its decision to stop using the eagle-with-shield-on-wing emblem. (See historical information about that on page 86 of the Albert button-book.)

 

[tesorobandit]

1900s Please note that I said "due to the Navy's 1830 change." In my opinion, your 1-piece brass flat-button was manufactured in late-1829 or early 1830, and got transformed (later in 1830) by its manufacturer for sale as a civilian button after the US Navy announced its decision to stop using the eagle-with-shield-on-wing emblem. (See historical information about that on page 86 of the Albert button-book.)

Sorry, I meant to key 19th century.
TB