Three old buttons...

[park pirate]

Pulled these three from an old park in upstate NY. People's line steamers, NY state seal excelsior , and a Albany defense corps...in vary nice shape

 

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[RobRieman]

Those are in awesome condition! Those babies don't even look dug at all!

 

[Ahab8]

Wow those are incredible! Nice job on the clean up

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Your New York State Militia button dates from the 1850s/60s. Post-civil-war ones had a wider rim.

The People's (steamship) Line button's backmark saying "Scovill Mfg. Co. * Waterbury*" written in large letters encircled by a ring of dots dates from 1880 to 1920.

The "Albany Defense Corps" button dates from World War One to several years later -- according to the following website, which says the Albany Defense Corps was founded during World War One as a Police Auxiliary organization in that city. https://archive.org/stream/albanyspartinwor01cohe/albanyspartinwor01cohe_djvu.txt

 

[jcobb]

Awesome Buttons and great shape too!

Congrats!

 

[vpnavy]

 

[park pirate]

Your New York State Militia button dates from the 1850s/60s. Post-civil-war ones had a wider rim.

The People's (steamship) Line button's backmark saying "Scovill Mfg. Co. * Waterbury*" written in large letters encircled by a ring of dots dates from 1880 to 1920.

The "Albany Defense Corps" button dates from World War One to several years later -- according to the following website, which says the Albany Defense Corps was founded during World War One as a Police Auxiliary organization in that city. https://archive.org/stream/albanyspartinwor01cohe/albanyspartinwor01cohe_djvu.txt

Thank you for the clear info on them buttons...

 

[treblehunter]

Nice finds