Vintage P.O.D. Button

[MD Ghost F75]

Back to the farm for a few hours and managed to find a 1905 Indian, a small brass buckle frame, a shankless “Imperial Standard” button, a “23” livestock tag, an iron buckle, a brass spigot handle, an ornate pendant, and a 2-piece button that had me stumped for awhile. There is a standing figure with the letters P.O.D. beneath him. A quick google search revealed that it was a Post Office Delivery button. Looks awesome in the display case next to the police button I dug last year. Thanks for looking!

 

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[E-Trac-Ohio]

Nice haul !

 

[Mackaydon]

Some history for your POD button:
"The 1893 Postal Laws and Regulations introduced a new coat button style: in lieu of the post rider, the buttons could feature "a letter carrier in uniform with mail bag on shoulder and letter in uplifted hand." Both images appeared above the initials "P.O.D." The 1893 regulations also changed the vest buttons to read "P.O.D." instead of "P.O." The wording describing the coat button remained unchanged through 1948, the last year the Postal Laws and Regulations was published."
More here: https://about.usps.com/who/profile/history/pdf/letter-carrier-buttons.pdf
Don....
PS: Great find !!

 

[river roamer]

Nice finds

 

[HIGHSTRUNG]

Very nice. Congrats!

 

[MD Ghost F75]

Some history for your POD button:
"The 1893 Postal Laws and Regulations introduced a new coat button style: in lieu of the post rider, the buttons could feature "a letter carrier in uniform with mail bag on shoulder and letter in uplifted hand." Both images appeared above the initials "P.O.D." The 1893 regulations also changed the vest buttons to read "P.O.D." instead of "P.O." The wording describing the coat button remained unchanged through 1948, the last year the Postal Laws and Regulations was published."
More here: https://about.usps.com/who/profile/history/pdf/letter-carrier-buttons.pdf
Don....
PS: Great find !!

I always appreciate the history behind the relic, thank you for the info.

 

[mindcrime1988]

Nice button find.

 

[Lenrac2]

Congrats!! I would love to find one of those POD buttons!!

 

[Digger RJ]

Back to the farm for a few hours and managed to find a 1905 Indian, a small brass buckle frame, a shankless “Imperial Standard” button, a “23” livestock tag, an iron buckle, a brass spigot handle, an ornate pendant, and a 2-piece button that had me stumped for awhile. There is a standing figure with the letters P.O.D. beneath him. A quick google search revealed that it was a Post Office Delivery button. Looks awesome in the display case next to the police button I dug last year. Thanks for looking!

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[fyrffytr1]

Some history for your POD button:
"The 1893 Postal Laws and Regulations introduced a new coat button style: in lieu of the post rider, the buttons could feature "a letter carrier in uniform with mail bag on shoulder and letter in uplifted hand." Both images appeared above the initials "P.O.D." The 1893 regulations also changed the vest buttons to read "P.O.D." instead of "P.O." The wording describing the coat button remained unchanged through 1948, the last year the Postal Laws and Regulations was published."
More here: https://about.usps.com/who/profile/history/pdf/letter-carrier-buttons.pdf
Don....
PS: Great find !!

Thanks for that information. I have few POD buttons but was unsure of the dates on them.

 

[oldmxrat]

Very sweet finds, congrats!