Naval Button

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Found1

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• Oct 16, 2016

• #1

Good day everyone finally knocked the dust of my detector yesterday and turned out to be a good day.I'm having trouble finding this button on the net so I was hoping the pros here could help me out. Thanks always!

 

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duggap

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• Oct 16, 2016

• #2

I will go out on a limb and call it a fashion button. I have not seen one like it as a US Naval button. It could be European but the back says it may be iron which is normally not used on military buttons.

 

Karletto

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• Oct 17, 2016

• #3

that vertical thing could be italian - fascist fasce but thats a guess... usually there was an axe on the top not a hat

 

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• Oct 17, 2016

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Less than a half mile from where I dug this button I have found several early 1800's Royal Navy buttons...thanks for the info