Odd looking pewter infantry button

[ACobra289]

Hi all.

I am far from an expert. In fact, I'm a beginner when it comes to CW relics. But the shank on the button looks odd. It's like a cross between the cast brass buttons with the really thick shank and the pewter buttons with the wire shanks. I was just curious what the experts thought.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-...0001&campid=5338579798&icep_item=264687982341

 

[captaindrew]

Paging @ucvrelics he'll know for sure. Yeah the button itself looks right but the shank is different but I've never seen the real deal in person, only pictures and just a few at that so I'm no help.

 

[lelliott19]

Hello @ACobra289 and welcome to CivilWarTalk - the best place on the internet for Civil War discussion. Until @ucvrelics arrives, here are some close up pictures of an original dug one I got from him a while back

Confederate One-Piece Cast Block "I" White Metal Coat Button | Relic Hunting & Collecting

Look what I just got! :bounce::D:bounce: One-piece cast Block "I" of white metal. Stand up shank intact; shank is integral to casting. Mold mark clearly visible on the back. Nice button. Recovered near Corinth, MS by @ucvrelics in 19__? You can't really tell it's white metal until you see it...

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[Lanyard Puller]

Can't help on the button, but I know the seller and have purchased from him for years. He's 100% straight up.

 

[Tom Hughes]

Hi all.

I am far from an expert. In fact, I'm a beginner when it comes to CW relics. But the shank on the button looks odd. It's like a cross between the cast brass buttons with the really thick shank and the pewter buttons with the wire shanks. I was just curious what the experts thought.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-...0001&campid=5338579798&icep_item=264687982341

Looks right from what I can see. Here's a brass solid cast I from my collection. The solid cast brass I buttons had some different looking shanks.

 

[Gary Morgan]

My first thought is, are you sure it's Civil War? I picked up a pewter button once at auction thinking it was Civil War, but it turned out to be from the Revolutionary War!

 

[UCVRelics]

Welcome From THE Heart Of Dixie. It does have an unusual eye but there were many different variations of this button, looks right as rain to me but the price is way out of line IMHO.

 

[ACobra289]

Thanks everyone for the responses. After I posted I thought about it and realized there could be other variations than the two that I was familiar with. (1. Cast brass with the thick drilled shank and 2. Cast pewter/white with the wire shank that has the seam) And with local manufacturing, there could be all sorts of oddballs out there.

Thanks for the help.

 

[UCVRelics]

Thanks everyone for the responses. After I posted I thought about it and realized there could be other variations than the two that I was familiar with. (1. Cast brass with the thick drilled shank and 2. Cast pewter/white with the wire shank that has the seam) And with local manufacturing, there could be all sorts of oddballs out there.

Thanks for the help.

Actually there are 34 different variation of just the cast pewter button.

 

[redbob]

Welcome to the group from middle Alabama and you've got to love your nom de plume.