Possible vintage military button?

Schweddy

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Greetings all! My buddy(who's forum shy) unearthed an old button today in an area where he found some 3 ringers. It's extremely rough, although interesting. If you use your imagination, there seems to be a possible eagle with a banner of sorts beneath it. We've searched but cannot locate anything similar online. My first thought(hope) was possibly a NY "excelsior" CW button. But again - no matches. Just smaller than a dime. Thanks ahead for any help. Happy hunting all!

*more pics in coming posts.

 

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**Technical difficuties with pics. Please stand by. (Aarrgh!)

 

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Obverse

 

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Reverse (sitting in dime)

 

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Thought someone would have a clue !!
Help !! HH

 

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***. Sorry about small pics. Frustrated. Tried to crop them as usual, but would not transfer when I did. Thanks again.

 

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I can't make out the face of your button, but let me give you a general rule. Buttons with iron backs are almost always a civilian fashion button. So there is a strong possibility that your button is civilian, but the style would indicate it is somewhat old.

 

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duggap said:

I can't make out the face of your button, but let me give you a general rule. Buttons with iron backs are almost always a civilian fashion button. So there is a strong possibility that your button is civilian, but the style would indicate it is somewhat old.

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Great observation. I was so focused on the obverse that I didn't realize that the reverse was rusty iron. I learned this painful lesson in a thread I posted last fall. Oh well. Always fun to learn though.

 

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Looks to me a very old Boy Scout button. HH phil

 

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Agree with phil.

 

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