Flat button

[RustyRelic]

Found at 1870s church/ union cavalry site. It's my first flat button. Didn't know if it's possible to ID it. Shanks gone. It does have a shape on front in certain angles/shadows. The back has writing can't make it out. I don't know if I have the pic right side up either .

 

[oddballaffliction]

They are hard to id. These buttons were popular for decades, and most had just a generic backmark.

 

[RustyRelic]

They are hard to id. These buttons were popular for decades, and most had just a generic backmark.

Could it be a cuff link? It's so tiny

 

[Salterr]

Found at 1870s church/ union cavalry site. It's my first flat button. Didn't know if it's possible to ID it. Shanks gone. It does have a shape on front in certain angles/shadows. The back has writing can't make it out. I don't know if I have the pic right side up either .

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Try getting closer to the button. It's very difficult to see the details or make out the stamping from that distance

 

[Package4]

Found at 1870s church/ union cavalry site. It's my first flat button. Didn't know if it's possible to ID it. Shanks gone. It does have a shape on front in certain angles/shadows. The back has writing can't make it out. I don't know if I have the pic right side up either .

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Looks colonial to me.

 

[RustyRelic]

Looks colonial to me.

In certain light it almost looks like an eagle but that might just be my mind see what I want to see. So your saying what 1700s- early 1800s?

 

[RustyRelic]

Try getting closer to the button. It's very difficult to see the details or make out the stamping from that distance

I cleaned it with Andre's pencils but not to much , in certain light/angles appears to be a symbol or eagle maybe

 

[Salterr]

I cleaned it with Andre's pencils but not to much , in certain light/angles appears to be a symbol or eagle maybe

Flat buttons predate civil war 2 piece and 3 piece buttons by a good amount of time. We have to have a close up of the button sides. It's possible to have an eagle on it. We've put eagles on military buttons since the start practically. Civilian buttons would have scroll work or geometric shapes or even floral designs

 

[RustyRelic]

Flat buttons predate civil war 2 piece and 3 piece buttons by a good amount of time. We have to have a close up of the button sides. It's possible to have an eagle on it. We've put eagles on military buttons since the start practically. Civilian buttons would have scroll work or geometric shapes or even floral designs

I'm not sure how to clean the flat button to see an impression without ruining it

 

[Package4]

I'm not sure how to clean the flat button to see an impression without ruining it

Rub some talcum powder on it and see if something materializes.

 

[RustyRelic]

Flat buttons predate civil war 2 piece and 3 piece buttons by a good amount of time. We have to have a close up of the button sides. It's possible to have an eagle on it. We've put eagles on military buttons since the start practically. Civilian buttons would have scroll work or geometric shapes or even floral designs

This is the best image I can get after rubbing it with some talc powder

 

[UCVRelics]

Rub some talcum powder on it and see if something materializes.

Yep that works well as does a soft lead pencil and paper and do it like a grave rubbing