Some silvers, civil war button and mystery button

[the_mad_cladder]

Me and a buddy had a great hunt today. I got a merc and a Rosie early on and later hunting an old homesite I dug a general service eagle button. I’ve previously dug my share of civil war relics but this was my first cw button. Also dug the interesting buckle/clip thing that features 5 stars. If anyone knows what it is please let me know. I also need help identifying the second button. The back is gone and it hard to read. It looks like bars with stars at the ends with the letters “c”and “A”. Maybe confederate army? Thanks for looking!

 

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[fyrffytr1]

The buckle/clip thing looks like a suspender part. What does the back of the crossed cannons button look like?

 

[the_mad_cladder]

The buckle/clip thing looks like a suspender part. What does the back of the crossed cannons button look like?

The crosses cannon button is missing the back.
Is the suspended clip military issue or at least civil war era?

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Truth]

I love that bottom!!!!

 

[Truth]

I d bring to the button site I’m sure someone with know

 

[creskol]

I'm not sure those are crossed cannons,

 

[JeffInMass]

Congrats on all those great finds!

 

[civilman1]

Congrats on your first Eagle button!! Hope there's many more. No help on the C A button.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Post it on the American military buttons page on Facebook and you’ll have an answer within 24 hours

 

[Tuberale]

Since I can't speak to CW relics, but nice silvers.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Well done, nice variety of finds, can’t wait to see what that button turns out to be.

 

[diggerranger]

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[Professor of Engineering]

Nice job on the relics and coins!

 

[BladeRunner2019]

Congrats on your first CW button! That will display well with that US belt plate you found last year.

 

[fyrffytr1]

I'm not sure those are crossed cannons,

After taking a closer look I'm not sure they are cannons either.

 

[washingtonian]

Congrats on the cool looking crossed cannons button or whatever it is. Looking forward to hearing what you find out!

 

[the_mad_cladder]

Congrats on your first CW button! That will display well with that US belt plate you found last year.

Sure nuff! Thanks bud!

 

[the_mad_cladder]

Congrats on the cool looking crossed cannons button or whatever it is. Looking forward to hearing what you find out!

Thanks friend. I’ve posted it a couple places and so far nothing. I’m kinda convinced it’s military but I would think that would be an easy ID.

 

[creskol]

Thanks friend. I’ve posted it a couple places and so far nothing. I’m kinda convinced it’s military but I would think that would be an easy ID.

I think it is more likely a civilian button, perhaps a communications button, aka "call to quarters" uniform button.

[The “CQ” call is a call to “all stations”, and it has been around since the earliest days of “wireless” or “radio”. Its use predates formal regulation of radio procedures. It is mentioned for the first time in the 1912 International Radio Regulations as
“CQ Enquiry signal employed by a station which desires to correspond“
Actual origins of CQ are disputed, one explanation is that landline telegraphers used CQ as some form of “wake-up call” to alert operators that messages were on their way, and this was carried over to wireless operation.
It formally belongs to the family of “prosigns” or “procedure signals”.
The use of CQ differs somewhat between professional or commercial radio and amateur radio.
When a commercial station calls “CQ” it is to alert the listeners that a message “to all” follows. It is implicit that no station should answer the call, unless they are mentioned in the following message.
In amateur radio, the CQ is an invitation to answer to any or all stations that have heard the call and wishes to correspond with the originating station.]