Strange button for my area.

[hunter_46356]

Had to get out and do some MDing cabin fever was overwhelming. Went to a local park that has been around since the turn of the century. It is now owned by the school system and was a famous gathering place back in early 1900’s. Men’s baseball teams from all around met there to play. I have pic’s from this era of one of those games with ladies in full dresses and men in top hats with horse and buggies all around. There used to be a covered grand stand which is obviously not there anymore. Today I found a button about the size of a quarter that has what appears to be a British coat of arms on it. Crest in the middle, crown on top with a lion laying on it. Guarded by a lion on the left and a unicorn on the right. The banner below holds the words “Dieu et Mon Droit” which I believe is French and translates to “ God and my lawful right.” Have no idea how this type of button could end up in this location. Anyone have any ideas.

 

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[joe_dirt]

Cool button, it's anyone's guess as to how exactly it got there. But lucky for you it did.

 

[nhbenz]

Could we see the back, or alternatively, is there any back mark? It could be a British army general service button (possibly as old as WWI) or a blazer (fashion) button depending on the construction and maker.

 

[hunter_46356]

The back plate is covered in rust/corrosion and loop is gone, not sure how to handle this w/o ruining something. I've looked at some threads on DIY electrolysis would this break this corrosion up?

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

An iron/steel back, especially with traces of black paint all around and inside the emblem, indicates it is a civilian-clothing "Fashion" button which imitates an actual Miitary button.

 

[hunter_46356]

Yes the face was obviously covered with some sort of black enamel something. In fact after thinking about it this may be a fashion button from an old high school band uniform. The old school stood only a couple hundred yards from where I found it. Oh well I guess this would answer the question of how in the world could a Brit or French military button come to rest in a little Mid Western farm town. Back to the drawing board. Thanks for bustin my bubble.....LOL. Just gotta figure out where that grandstand was.......then dig about a ton of junk to get to the booty. Surely there's some old silver.