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Lot 2178
Fourteen Pre-Civil War American Military Buttons
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
All one-piece, to include: General service U. S. pewter button, 1808-1830 (20mm, no shank, corrosion to edges); great coat, eagle over U. S. and wreath (20mm, with shank, copper tone); militia with eagle, shield (22mm, IMPERIAL STANDARD bm, with shank); Federal Rifles (21mm, bm obscure, with shank); two (2) Artillery Corps (20mm, one lacking shank, blank back); two (2) concave eagle buttons, one clearly with an "A" on the shield (20mm, no bm); eagle with script "R" or "A on shield (20mm, spade mark to face); two (2) early concave Navy coat buttons (22mm, heavy patinas); Navy coat button with gilt (22mm, ground action, no shank); two Navy cuff buttons (both 14mm, one with verdigris, shank present and the second non-dug with B&B SUPERFINE bm).

From a Virginia Collection