RICH TREBLE GILT BUTTON

[jrwill56]

found this button in a field where I found a few flat buttons and lots of early 1900s silver anybody ever seen one?

smaller than a dime maybe cuff

 

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[Steve in PA]

Very nice early Navy. Might be War of 1812 era, but I don't have my books at work to confirm.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Your find is a US Navy uniform button, manufactured sometime between 1798 and mid-1813 (when the shield was removed from the emblem). Yours is from the earlier end of that range, because the oval-shaped shield precedes the spade-shape shield. The use of Old English lettering in the backmark strongly indicates it was made in Britain.

Unfortunately, the Albert button-book shows very-very few cuff buttons, so I was unable to find an exact matchup for your cuff button in that book.