Please assist in identifying this Button

[Mr.MetalDetector]

Here she is freshly dug.
Jess

 

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[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Someone help this guy! Sorry I can't.

 

[downindixie]

Its like a Louisana confederate infantry button,but I can't find the same exact one in Albert's book.What state was it found in?

 

[Mr.MetalDetector]

The Button was dug in New York State. The back says Brooks Brothers.
Jessie

 

[jeff of pa]

just a Guess www.brooksbrothers.com/info/founding.tem

 

[jeff of pa]

also is that a C or a G ? it reminds me of the G on my Mason Ring a little

 

[Mr.MetalDetector]

Kinda looks like the G in mine as well. But it is a C. 32 to you too.
Jess

 

[Mr.MetalDetector]

I wrote to this gentlemen and he identified the Button. thanks all....Jess

Jessie, It is identified in Alphaeus H. Albert's, Record of American Uniform and Historical Buttons as a button of Columbian Institute. No further information is provided. By backmark, the button is from the late 1800's and definitely post dates the American Civil War. It is interesting, but not valuable.
Kind regards,
William Leigh
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phone: (540) 338-7367