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Civil War era button?

foreverRich

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It is pouring rain outside so I decided to go through some of my finds from the farm fields of Suffolk, VA. I came across this button. It is 14mm in diameter. It is a one piece button with the loop on back. The wording at the bottom is CORPS. There is an eagle setting on top of the cannon. There are six cannon balls stacked below the cannon. Do any of you button experts out there recognize it and who would have worn it on their uniform? Thanks!!
 

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It could be... I'm looking for examples. I know it's not a Federal Ordnance Corps button, maybe a Confederate one, which would make sense in VA.
 
great button

a very nice piece of history Rich.


ya beat me to it Voriax, well done
 
Military buttons are great. So far all I have found are plain flat buttons.
 
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