Quartermaster Button

[Connecticut Yankee]

I found this on my farm the other day and while carfully cleaning it I noticed the crossed Key and Sword. I looked it up on the Internet and determined that it was the Insignia of the Quartermaster Corp. I am looking to see how old this is because it does not seem to match the items I have seen related to the Quartermaster Corp. The Key and Sword are reversed from the modern day version of the Quartermaster Insignia. The back is heavily encrusted and I did not want to damage the button by scrubbing it. I included a picture for scale of the button next to an Indian head penny.

 

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[PBK]

Looks like a U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps enlisted man's collar disk, WWI-1920's.

 

[aa battery]

nice 1

 

[Connecticut Yankee]

Any reason the Key is on the Left and the Sword on the Right? All the QM Collar Disks or Buttons I have seen are on the opposite side.

 

[BioProfessor]

If the button is stamped and you look at the "back" everything is reversed.

Daryl

 

[PBK]

Any reason the Key is on the Left and the Sword on the Right? All the QM Collar Disks or Buttons I have seen are on the opposite side.

They came both ways:

http://www.stewartsmilitaryantiques...&getcategory=Patriotic Pillow Covers&session=...

http://cgi.ebay.com/QUARTERMASTER---ORIGINAL-WW1-U.S.-ARMY-EM-COLLAR-DISK_W0QQitemZ180328617685