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CONFEDERATE BUTTONS
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 This
is one of the top tier, rarest of all
excavated Confederate buttons and is the
coat size, sailing ship, CSN and is a CS68A
in Albert with the "E. M. Lewis/Richmond"
backmark. This button was recovered
about 40 years ago from a Confederate camp
on private property in Fredericksburg,
Virginia. The button has very nice
detail with the ship clear as a bell and the
CSN beneath easily legible. The
reverse of the button has a good size plug
of original Civil War thread still in the
shank. Although the button has
beautiful detail, there is a slight press on
the mast of the ship. It has been a
long, long time since I have had one of
these to offer. (CW)--$1,850. -
 Absolutely
drop-dead beautiful condition,
non-excavated, coat size, Confederate
stippled "A" (Artillery) button. This
button has a nice aging tone patina with
excellent detail and "H T & B --MANCHESTER"
backmark. This is a 25mm button and is
CS101A in Albert and displays about as nice
as you could hope for (CW).--$425.SOLD -
 Absolutely
drop dead perfect and beautiful
non-excavated coat size Confederate stippled
Old English "E" (Engineer). This
button literally has 100 % bright gold gilt
- "H. T. & B. - Manchester" Backmark - and
shank straight and intact. It is
"CS153A" in Albert. I recently
saw one of these sell for $2,000. - and was
not one bit nicer than this one.--$1,450. -
 Really
pretty, excavated, coat size Staff, 3-piece
Virginia State Seal. This button was
recovered over 40 years ago and has bright
gold gilt in all the right places.
This is a VA261C4 in Tice and has the shank
intact. Buttons this beautiful with
gold gilt around every feature are rarely
recovered anymore.--$295.SOLD -
 Absolutely
beautiful, excavated, coat size, CS41A in
Albert. This button was recovered
about 40 years ago from 1863 Confederate
camps along Duck River near Shelbyville,
Tennessee. The detail of the button is
crisp as can be and outlined with gold gilt.
It is one of the few Confederate local Staff
Officer buttons with the Eagle looking to
the right and a circular laurel wreath in
his left talon. A good many early
button collectors believe this button to be
a product of "C. Rouyer/NO". There is
some gold gilt remaining on the reverse
also. The shank is missing which is
typical with this particular button.
It would be difficult to find a prettier
example of this style Staff.--$395. -
 Very
pretty condition, excavated, extremely rare,
coat size, Confederate block "I" with the
"I" surrounded by ten 5-point stars.
This is CS186 in Albert and has a brass face
with a tin/iron back. This is a button
that is extremely difficult to find in nice
condition, and usually the stars can barely
be seen if at all. On this example,
the stars can be seen from across the room,
and the rusty iron back remains intact along
with the iron shank. A nice example
seldom seen offered for sale.--$395. -
 Absolutely
mint beautiful condition, non-excavated,
cuff size, Confederate States Navy button.
This button has virtually 100% bright gold
gilt, shank intact, and "Treble Gilt"
backmark. You won't find a more
perfect example.--$595. -
 Absolutely
beautiful condition, excavated, coat size,
LA8, Confederate Local Louisiana State Seal.
This beautiful button was recovered from
General Hardee's 1862 - 1863 winter camps
around Tullahoma, Tennessee. Several
rectangular Louisiana buckles were recovered
from this same camp. This excellent
button has a flawless, smooth, chocolate
brown face with gold outlining the detail
and a perfect reverse with gold in the
depressed channel and shank intact.--$395. -
 Excavated,
coat size, Georgia State Seal. Very
attractive face with a smooth, brown patina
and gold gilt nicely outlining the detail.
The reverse was pushed in some when found
and has had some stabilization work.
It has Mintzer backmark with shank
intact.--$195. -
 Absolutely
mint beautiful condition on this
non-excavated, coat size, super rare,
two-piece Republic of Texas Navy. This
is the 23 mm coat size with 100% bright gold
gilt, crisp clear backmark, and perfect
shank.--SOLD. -
 This
is an absolutely beautiful excavated coat
size Confederate Local "LA8" Louisiana State
Seal. It is COVERED with gold gilt -
front and back. I personally dug this
beautiful button about 40 years ago from a
Confederate camp located on private property
near Morris Ferry on the Elk River here in
Middle Tennessee. This is a mighty
fine Confederate button !!--$425.SOLD -
 Here
is another REALLY nice Confederate button
that I dug over 40 years ago. It is a
coat size Mississippi "I" with "Hyde and
Goodrich - NO" backmark. The button
was recovered from an 1862 Mississippi
Brigade camp located on the Elk River near
Estill Springs, TN. At the time that
this camp was occupied in 1862, the camp was
known as "Camp Walthall" in honor of the
Brigade commander. During the 1970s I
saw some very nice Mississippi buttons
recovered at this site.--$450.SOLD -
 And
yet another of the rarest of rare -
excavated, coat size Arkansas State Seal.
This is an AK1A1 in Albert and is the
Arkansas State Seal with the "Horstmann &
Allien/NY" backmark. This button has a
smooth, chocolate brown patina with a little
gold gilt in the recessed areas around the
device. This button was recovered from
General Lidell's Arkansas camps occupied
from January 3, 1863, to June 25, 1863, and
located around Bell Buckle, Tennessee.
This example is solid as can be with crisp,
intricate detail and shank intact. The
button does have a very slight press on the
dome of the button, but is so slight that it
is hardly noticeable, and the button has
nothing short of excellent eye and display
appeal. The coat size Arkansas Staff
ranks right up there with the rarest of all
Civil War uniform buttons.--$1,450.SOLD -
 This
is one of the rarest Confederate uniform
buttons of the American Civil War. It
is a Civil War uniform button for the State
of Arkansas. This is one of the most
coveted and most desirable of all Civil War
uniform buttons. This is the one that
was made for the 2nd Regiment of Arkansas
Infantry. The buttons are 22.5mm in
size. These buttons were produced by
the New Orleans, Louisiana firm of Casimir
Rouyer. One version shows up with
their maker mark and the other is like this
one that is unmarked with a blank channel.
The front of the button has a large five
pointed star in the center. Around the
edge it reads "C.S.A. 2D ARK. RGT."
Just outside of the lettering, it has a rope
like design. These buttons were
produced of thin brass and became damaged
very easily. Pristine versions of this
button are almost nonexistent. This is
the style listed as figure AK6 in Albert's
button book and AK250a2 in Tice's button
book. In the 43 years that I have ben
open door here in the relic shop, this ranks
as one of the top five items to ever come
through the door. This button is a
non-dug, hand-me-down example that was given
to a local family as a souvenir of taking
care of an ill officer from the 2nd Arkansas
Regiment. Their home was located only
a few hundred yards from where the 2nd Ark -
CSA camped from January 3rd to June 25th of
1863. According to family legend, the
Arkansas Officer who the family cared for
left them this uniform button to remember
him by. It has been in the family
continually until about 30 years ago when I
purchased it from them and sold it to Ann
and C. W. Webb (now deceased) who have owned
it to the present time. This is a
great looking button that is absolutely as
rare as they come. Some collectors
actually feel that this is THE rarest button
of the American Civil War.--$8,500.SOLD -
 Extremely
rare, excavated, Tennessee State Seal,
Confederate local, coat size uniform button.
This is a TN4B in Albert's button book.
The button has a smooth, chocolate brown
patina and no dents or cracks at all.
Tennessee locals are famous for having very
poor detail, and often you are not even able
to see the mast on the sailing ship.
This example has typical detail, and you can
see the mast on the ship. The button
has bright gold gilt remaining in the
depressed channel on the reverse. The
shank was iron, and just rusty residue
remains. This button was recovered by
one of my local relic hunting buddies, Paul
Klipa, from the camp of the 2nd Tennessee
Infantry on private property here at
Murfreesboro. This is certainly a
button that you rarely see an example
recovered.--$1,850.SOLD -
 Excavated,
coat size, "NC" Starburst uniform button
recovered from the 1863 Army of Tennessee
winter camps near Dalton, Georgia. It
is an extreme rarity to recover an "NC"
Starburst with the soldered on shank
remaining intact. This button still
has the soldered on loop in place. It
has a smooth, chocolate brown
patina.--$175.SOLD -
 Beautiful
condition, non-excavated, coat size,
Confederate "R" (Rifleman) button.
This is the highly sought after CS201A in
Albert which is the stippled Roman R made by
"H. T. & B./Manchester". This is an
excellent button retaining about 90%
original bright gold gilt.--$575.SOLD -
 Nice,
solid, excavated, Confederate "Droop Wing
Eagle" Staff Officer's button. This is
a CS26B in Albert and is in very solid
condition with no dents and shank remaining
intact. This is a Confederate Local
and was recovered about 30 years ago by
Kenny Banks from General Hardee's 1863
Confederate winter camps near Tullahoma,
Tennessee.--$275. -
  Very
pretty collection of both Union and
Confederate Civil War buttons assembled
during the mid-1960's and consisting of 12
buttons with each being from a different
battlefield. Included in the
collection is an excellent, E.M. Lewis
backmarked coat size Confederate "I" - a
coat size North Carolina State Seal - coat
size Eagle "R" (Rifleman) - Rhode Island
State Seal - New York State Seal - and
numerous other more common buttons.
This collection was assembled over 50 years
ago and is presented extremely well and is
now yellowing with age. The entire
grouping has been verified by a Notary
Public.--$595. for the entire collection. -
 Excavated,
cuff size, VA13A4, Virginia State Seal.
This button has a smooth chocolate patina
with a little gold gilt perimetering the
figures. It has a backmark of,
"Schuyler H & G/N Y". This button was
recovered over 30 years ago from a Virginia
Infantry camp located near Winchester,
Virginia. This is a cuff size,
Virginia State Seal that you rarely
encounter. It remains in very solid
and uncleaned condition.--$150. -
 Excavated,
coat size, South Carolina State Seal.
This button was recovered many years ago
from the position of Gen. Managault's South
Carolinians on private property here at
Stones River. The location where this
button was found is now under a giant
hospital. The button has a smooth,
chocolate brown patina with good detail of
the Palmetto tree on the face, but appears
to have been stepped on and is somewhat
flattened. The button has a "Waterbury
Scovill" RMDC backmark.--$125. -
 Excavated,
coat size, 2-piece, Confederate Block "I"
(Infantry) uniform button. This button
has an attractive, smooth, brown/green
patina and appears to have never even been
washed off. The reverse has a tin/iron
back and remains completely intact.
This button was recovered about 30 years ago
from the Camp of the 2nd Tennessee Volunteer
Infantry - CSA - located on private property
near Tullahoma, Tennessee.--$95.SOLD -
 Beautiful
condition, non-excavated, cuff size, VA13,
Virginia State Seal uniform button.
The button has a rich, aged patina with some
gilt remaining and shank intact.--$195. -
 Non-excavated,
coat size, 2-piece, Virginia State Seal
uniform button. This is a VA15B with a
Horstmann & Allien - NY backmark. The
button remains in very nice condition with a
rich, aged, bronze/brown patina. The
reverse has the shank remaining perfectly
intact.--$250. -
 Excavated,
coat size, Confederate block "I" (Infantry)
uniform button. This button was
recovered from a 1862 - 1863 Confederate
camp located near Tullahoma, Tennessee.
The button has a crease across it from some
sharp edged object. It is an iron-back
Confederate local variety, and the iron
reverse remains intact.--$48.SOLD -
 Excavated
coat size Confederate Block "I" (Infantry
button) recovered from Gen. Breckinridge's,
Nov. 1862, C.S. Infantry camps located near
Readyville, TN. The button has a
smooth, chocolate brown patina, and a nice
"E.M.L. - Richmond, VA." backmark. It
is, unfortunately, dented, but displays
nicely, and the "I" really stands out
clearly.--$95.SOLD -
 Excavated,
coat size, Virginia State Seal uniform
button. This button was recovered on
private property near Chickamauga, Georgia.
The button has traces of gold gilt around
the figure but is unfortunately pressed a
bit in the center. The shank is still
filled with Civil War thread. The
button has an RMDC Scovill backmark.--$125. -
 Very
nice quality, excavated, coat size, Virginia
State Seal uniform button. This button
was recovered many years ago from a
Confederate camp site in central Virginia
and has a smooth brown/green patina overall.
It has crisp detail on the face and a fully
legible "Canfield Bro & Co - Baltimor"
backmark, and the shank is intact and
straight. This is a nice quality,
excavated button.--$195.SOLD -
 Excellent
condition, recently recovered, coat size,
Confederate block "I" (Infantry) uniform
button recovered from a lawn off Columbia
Pike at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee.
This button is perfect and hasn't even had
the dirt washed off.--$150. SOLD -
 Absolutely
beautiful, excavated, coat size, Confederate
"Script I" - CS177A. This button has a
slick, near reflective, chocolate brown
patina and an excellent reverse with Isaac
Campbell backmark and shank perfectly
intact. This button was recovered from
an Army of Tennessee 1862 - 1863 winter camp
along Duck River near Shelbyville,
Tennessee. It would be difficult to
recover a more perfect example.--$195.SOLD -
 Excavated,
coat size, Georgia State Seal Confederate
uniform button. The button has a
smooth, brown patina with gold gilt
outlining the detail. It unfortunately
has a small dent in the crown of the button,
but even so remains a very attractive
excavated Georgia uniform button. It
has a "Horstmann & Allien" backmark and is
missing the shank on the reverse. This
button was recovered on private property
near Chickamauga, Georgia.--$125.SOLD -
 Beautiful
condition, excavated, coat size, Confederate
local, block "A" (Artillery) button.
This excellent button was recovered from the
1863 Confederate Army of Tennessee Artillery
camp located off Lewisburg Pike near
Shelbyville, Tennessee. This button
was recovered many years ago and has a
smooth, near reflective, chocolate brown
patina.--$175.SOLD -
 Very
attractive, excavated, vest size South
Carolina State Seal uniform button.
This South Carolina button was recovered on
private property from General Manigault
South Carolina camps along Stones River here
at Murfreesboro. The button has the
very "slightest" push to the high point of
the button's curvature. It retains
beautiful, bright gold gilt around the SC
and around the Palmetto Tree. Any
relic hunter would be thrilled to recover
this button.--$95.SOLD -
 Very
nice condition, excavated, coat size,
Confederate script "I". This button
was recovered from Confederate 1863 Army of
Tennessee Infantry camps along Duck River
near Shelbyville, Tennessee. It has a
very pretty, uncleaned, brown/green patina
with shank intact.--$150. -
 Excellent
condition, non-excavated, medium size, 19
mm, CS-5, Confederate Droop Wing Staff
Officer's button. This button has
excellent detail and near 100% bright gold
gilt on the face. The reverse is
backmarked, "Rivited & Soldered", and the
shank remains perfectly intact. This
is a backmark that you do not often
see.--$195.SOLD -
 Excavated,
coat size, Georgia State Seal Confederate
uniform button. This button was
recovered over 30 years ago from Ringgold
Gap, Georgia. It has a smooth,
chocolate brown patina with a little gold
gilt remaining in recessed areas. It
has the shank intact on the reverse with a
"Waterbury Scovill" backmark. This
button is solid as a rock.--$250.SOLD -
 Two
absolutely beautiful excavated floral
buttons recovered from an Alabama Cavalry
camp located near Midland, TN. Each
has nice gold gilt and excellent detail with
both shanks intact. They are preserved
in a nice glass riker mount display case.
For both buttons and display case.--$45. -
 Absolutely
drop dead beautiful excavated cuff size
Virginia. The button has 70 % to 80 %
bright gold gild - super sharp detail -
"Extra Quality" backmark, and the shank is
intact. This was recovered about 40
years ago from a Confederate camp on private
property just North of New Market,
VA.--$195. -
 Very
attractive, excavated, 2-piece coat size,
Confederate block "I" (Infantry) uniform
button. This is a Confederate local
with a brass face and an iron reverse.
It was recovered by Kenny Banks about 30
years ago from an Army of Tennessee 1862 -
1863 winter camp of Hardee's Corps that was
located near Tullahoma, Tennessee. The
button remains just as dug with the dirt
only wiped off of the "I".--$89.SOLD -
 Very
pretty excavated coat size Virginia State
Seal uniform button. This button was
recovered over 40 years ago from a Virginia
Infantry camp on private property near
Fredericksburg, VA. The button has
nice detail, and a smooth chocolate brown
patina with traces of gold gilt around the
figures. It has a "Horstmann and
Allien" backmark with the shank
intact.--$195. -
 Drop
dead beautiful excavated coat size Virginia
Staff Officer's button. This button
was recovered over 40 years ago by Mr. Ed
Heck from a Virginia camp located on private
property near New Market, VA. It has
nearly 90 % bright gold gilt, and shank is
intact. The button is, unfortunately
dented, but still beautiful. It has a
"Waterbury Button Co." backmark.--$195.SOLD -
 Very
rare, excavated, great coat size, Georgia
State Seal Confederate Local button.
This example was recovered nearly 50 years
ago on private property just north of Orange
Plank Road above Spotsylvania, Virginia.
It has a smooth, chocolate patina with
traces of gold gilt around the figures and a
depressed channel on the reverse. The
loop remains perfectly intact. This is
a Confederate Local Georgia State Seal that
you rarely see.--$295.SOLD -
 Beautiful
condition, non-excavated, vest size, South
Carolina State Seal. This button has
near 100% bright gold gilt with shank intact
on the reverse and a "Horstmann" backmark on
the reverse. This would be a very nice
addition to any South Carolina
collection.--$95. -
 Extremely
rare to recover, Albert CS103, Confederate
Lined "A" button in the small 20mm size.
This button was recovered from a Confederate
Artillery camp located near Savannah,
Georgia, and has a smooth, chocolate brown
patina on the face with shank intact on the
reverse with "Smith and Wright/Birmingham"
backmark. It has been several years
since I've seen one of these
recovered.--$350.SOLD -
 Really
pretty, non-excavated, coat size, "CSA",
with Superior Quality backmark. It has
a rich, aged, never cleaned, bronze patina
with shank intact and the correct "Superior
Quality" backmark.--$250. -
 Gorgious
pair of excavated coat or shell jacket size
gilted floral buttons. These buttons
were recovered many years ago from the
"spring of 1863" camp of Wharton's 8th Texas
Cavalry located near Unionville, TN.
Both buttons are perfect, beautiful, and are
displayed in a glass riker box.--$45.
complete in display case -
 Extremely
rare, 100% gold gilted, Confederate Staff
Officer CS36A1. I don't see how this
button could possibly be any nicer.
The face is flawless with 100% bright gold
gilt, and the reverse remains perfect as
well and is marked, "H. T. & B. Manchester".
This is a Confederate button that you will
NEVER, EVER need to upgrade.--$1,150. -
 This
is quite possibly the most beautiful
excavated CS26B Confederate Local Staff
Officer button that I have seen recovered
around here. The face has a slick,
chocolate patina with crisp detail with the
Eagle totally surrounded by gold gilt.
The Confederate local reverse remains
perfectly intact with gold gilt in the
channel, and the iron shank remains intact.
Some of the local old-timers remember this
button and say that it was recovered from
Lucius Polk's Brigade 1863 winter camp
located near Tullahoma, Tennessee. I
personally recovered half a dozen similar
staffs from this camp, but none of mine are
quite as nice as this one.--$295.SOLD -
 Excavated,
2-piece, Confederate Block "I" (Infantry)
button. This button has a smooth,
chocolate brown patina with the rusty iron
reverse still intact. It was recovered
from General Lucius Polk's 1862 - 1863
winter Brigade camp located near Tullahoma,
Tennessee. This button was recovered
only a couple of days ago.--$85. -
 Excavated,
coat size, Confederate Local, North Carolina
State Seal. This button was recovered
from a Confederate camp on private property
near Fayetteville, North Carolina. It
is solid as a rock with a smooth, chocolate
brown patina and shank intact. There
is one very lightly pushed area that keeps
the button from being 100% spectacular, but
it is still a very pretty North Carolina,
coat size Confederate Local.--$125. -
 Very
attractive, excavated, coat size, 2-piece,
Confederate Block "I" (Infantry) button
recovered by Kenny Banks from General
Hardee's 1862 - 1863 Army of Tennessee
winter camps near Tullahoma, Tennessee.
The face has a pleasing, uncleaned,
brown/green patina.--$95.SOLD -
 Very
attractive, excavated, coat size,
Confederate droop-wing Eagle Staff Officer
button. This button was recovered from
Gen. Hardee's 1863 Army of Tennessee winter
camps located around Tullahoma, Tennessee.
It has a smooth, brown patina with no dents
and slight traces of gold gilt. The
reverse has the typical Confederate local
depressed channel, and the iron shank
remains perfectly intact. This would
be a quality addition to any Confederate
collection.--$225. -
Absolutely
mint, beautiful condition, non-excavated,
vest size, South Carolina State Seal uniform
buttons. The button faces are all
perfect with 100% bright, gold gilt.
The buttons have a "Horstmann & Allien - New
York" backmark with shanks perfectly intact.
You could not hope to find more perfect
examples.--$125 each, or 3 for $300. -
 Quite
rare and nice example excavated CS26B coat
size Confederate staff officer button.
This rare button was recovered by Kenny
Banks about 20 years ago from Gen. Hardee's
1863 Army of Tennessee winter camps around
Tullahoma, TN. In one of these camps
alone Kenny and I recovered over 65 marked
Confederate manufactured buttons and 16
Confederate manufactured plates. This
pretty button has gold gilt in the recessed
areas on the face, and gold gilt in the
channel on the reverse. This is a
sweetheart of a CS button with even the iron
shank intact on the reverse.--$250. -
   Beautiful
condition, non-excavated, coat size,
Missouri State Seal Officer's button.
This is a M0205A3 in Tice and is exactly the
same strike and backmark as the Missouri
buttons recovered by Meigs Brainard and Bill
Gurley from the Arkansas camp of Mosby
Parson's Missourians. This button
could not be a nicer example with 100%
bright gold gilt and shank intact.--$450. -
 Very
pretty condition and excavated many years
ago at Chancellorsville, VA. It is a
coat size, VA13A1, with rmdc, "Scovill Mfg
Co. Waterbury CT". This button has a
beautiful chocolate brown patina with the
figures completely outlined in gold gilt.
The reverse has shank intact.--$275. -
 Excavated,
coat size, Louisiana State Seal Pelican
button. This button has 90% bright
gold gilt on the face, but unfortunately,
the back was out when recovered. If
you have an extra Confederate back, this
Louisiana could easily be restored to a top
shelf, gilted Louisiana State Seal
button.--$225. -
 Excavated,
coat size, Confederate Droop Wing Eagle
Staff Officer's button. This is a
CS26A and has a smooth, chocolate brown
patina with hints of gold gilt
remaining.--$195. -
 Extremely
rare to recover - Coat size lined Script "C"
- Confederate Cavalry Officer's button.
This button was recovered from a Confederate
trash pit located on private property near
Savannah, GA. The button has quite a
bit of pitting/ground action due to the
corossive trash pit conditions, but remains
solid with no dents or cracks, and still has
the shank intact. Even though there is
some pitting the button displays nicely, and
is one that is very rarely recovered.
I just tonight saw one of these priced at
$1,450. - SO here is a SUPER GOOD BUY
!!!--$425. -
  Absolutely
beautiful condition pair of coat size, super
rare, Confederate Officer buttons (CS41A).
These two Confederate Officer buttons were
turned into cuff links following the war and
were purchased at a Mobile, Alabama, estate
sale about 30 years ago. Each button
retains 90+% original bright gold gilt.
Each of these uniform buttons would sell for
well over $2,000 if they had been left in
their original state as buttons. Now
as a pair, and both in stunning
condition--$1,950. for both. -
 Nice,
solid, excavated, coat size, Mississippi "I"
(Infantry) uniform button. This button
was recovered several years ago from a
Mississippi Infantry camp located along Duck
River near Shelbyville, Tennessee.
This camp was occupied during the winter and
spring of 1862 - 1863. The button has
a smooth, chocolate patina with no dents and
has the shank intact on the reverse.
It is backmarked, "Hyde & Goodrich, N.O."
It is solid as can be and has very pleasing
eye appeal.--$275. -
 Extremely
rare, non-excavated, 100% gilted, 15MM, VA20
- Virginia State Seal, cuff size button with
the super sought after "Mitchel &
Tyler/Richmond, VA" backmark. This
beautiful button has a deep, sharp backmark,
straight shank, and an original piece of
butternut cloth still with it. This
was purchased out of a Richmond, Virginia,
estate many, many years ago. This is
one very tight button that you will not see
offered very often.--$295. -
Beautiful
condition, excavated, gilted, Confederate
used, floral button, and also an intricately
carved, .69 cal. musket ball. Both
these nice artifacts were recovered from the
1863 winter camp of the 8th Texas Cavalry
located near Unionville, Tennessee.
Both artifacts are presented in a glass
display case.--$75 for both. -
 Excavated,
coat size, South Carolina State Seal uniform
button. This button has a smooth,
chocolate brown patina with some slight
traces of silver surrounding the Palmetto
tree. It has a Waterbury - Scovill,
RMDC backmark and shank is intact.
This button was recovered from General
Manigault's 1863 South Carolina winter camp
near Unionville, Tennessee. The button
has nice detail and remains solid as a
rock.--$175. -
 Very
nice, excavated, coat size, Droop Wing
Eagle, Confederate Staff Officer button.
The button has a smooth, chocolate brown
patina on the face with no dents or cracks
whatsoever. The reverse is the
depressed channel Confederate Local.
Rusty iron stubs remain of what was once the
iron shank. This button was recovered
many years ago from the 1863 winter camp of
the 1st Alabama Cavalry. This is about
as nice an example as you could hope to
dig.--$225. -
 Excellent
condition, excavated, coat size, droop wing
Eagle, Confederate Staff Officer button.
This is a coat size, CS22 in Albert and a
Confederate Local back with an iron shank
which has rusted away. This button
remains just as dug with the woods mulch
still stuck to it and hasn't even been
rinsed off.--$195. -
 Very
nice condition, excavated, coat size,
Confederate local manufacture, South
Carolina State Seal. This button is
solid as can be with a smooth, chocolate
brown patina and was recovered from
Manigault's Confederate South Carolina camps
following the Battle of Stones River.
The shank remains intact on the
reverse.--$165.SOLD -
 Mint,
beautiful condition, non-excavated, coat
size, "C.S.A.", Confederate officer's
button. This button retains near 100%
bright gold gilt with shank intact on the
reverse, and backmarked "Superior
Quality".--$250. -
 Beautiful
condition, matching coat and cuff, Georgia
State Seal uniform buttons. These two
buttons came out of an estate and are said
to be hand-me-downs off the same uniform.
Both buttons are perfect with near 100% gold
gilt. The coat size is backmarked,
"Horstmann & Allien/NY", and the cuff size
has a "Mintzer" backmark. This Georgia
two button set makes a fantastic
display.--$350. for both buttons. -
 Very
attractive excavated coat size MISSISSIPPI
"I" Confederate uniform button. This
was recovered from Gen. Walthall's 1862
Mississippi camp located near Estill
Springs, TN. It is solid as can be
with a smooth chocolate brown patina - no
dents - shank intact - and "Hyde and
Goodrich - N.O." backmark.--$295.SOLD -
 Absolutely
beautiful condition, excavated, large coat
size, Confederate block "A" button.
This is a rare 25mm, CS-101A in Albert and
is backmarked, "HT & B /Manchester".
This button has a glossy, dark green/black
patina and has the shank perfectly intact on
the reverse. It was recovered near
Savannah, Georgia, and has that slick,
glossy, beautiful patina common to that
sandy area. You are not going to find
a more beautiful example.--$395.SOLD -
 Absolutely
beautiful condition, non-excavated, coat
size, Confederate Officer "CSA" button.
This is a CS81-B in Albert, the reverse is
backmarked "Superior Quality," and the shank
remains perfectly intact.--$225. -
 Absolutely
beautiful condition, non-excavated, coat
size, Confederate Officer "CSA" button.
This is a CS81-B in Albert, the reverse is
backmarked "Superior Quality," and the shank
remains perfectly intact.--$225. -
 Beautiful
condition, excavated, coat size,
Confederate, Lined "A" button. It has
a "Superior Quality" backmark and has the
shank intact. It was recovered on
private property at the site of the
Confederate 1863 Artillery Park a few miles
out Lewisburg Pike from Shelbyville.
This is a first class example of a quite
rare CS button to recover.--$350. -
 Beautiful
condition, non-excavated, coat size,
3-piece, Virginia Staff Officer button.
This button has virtually 100% bright gold
gilt and is perfect with no dents or cracks.
The reverse is backmarked "Canfield Bro. &
Co. Baltimore," and the shank remains
perfectly intact. This button is nice
enough quality for even the most
discriminating collector.--$275. -
 Absolutely
beautiful non-excavated coat size Georgia
State Seal Confederate Officer's button.
It has a super nice face with virtually 100
% bright gold gilt intact. The reverse
is prewar backmarked "Horstmann and Allien -
NY" and is perfect as well with shank
intact.--$225. -
 Excavated,
coat size, 2-piece Confederate Block "A"
(Artillery) uniform button. This
button was recovered from the 1863 Army of
Tennessee winter artillery park located a
few miles from Shelbyville out Lewisburg
Pike. The button has a smooth,
chocolate brown face, and the iron reverse
is rusty but remains completely
intact.--$175. -
   Beautiful
condition, non-excavated, coat size,
Missouri State Seal Officer's button.
This is a M0205A3 in Tice and is exactly the
same strike and backmark as the Missouri
buttons recovered by Meigs Brainard and Bill
Gurley from the Arkansas camp of Mosby
Parson's Missourians. This button
could not be a nicer example with 100%
bright gold gilt and shank intact.--$450. -
 Excellent
condition, non-excavated, coat size,
Virginia State Seal. The face has near
100% bright gold gilt, and the reverse is
silvered with a "Mintzer" backmark.
The shank remains intact and
straight.--$225. -
 Beautiful
condition, excavated, coat size, two piece,
iron reverse, Confederate Infantry button.
This button was recovered on private
property at Chickamauga, Georgia, by Dr.
Rees Buttram. You are not going to
find a nicer iron back Confederate local
excavated than this example. Even the
iron shank remains intact.--$115.SOLD -
 Excellent
condition, excavated, coat size, 2-piece,
Confederate Block "I" (Infantry) uniform
button. This button was recovered
about 40 years ago from private property
along Duck River near Shelbyville,
Tennessee, where Polk's Corp - Army of
Tennessee - was camped for the winter of
1862-1863. This button not only has
the complete iron back with depressed
channel, but has shank intact as well.
That is almost never found on excavated
examples of this style Confederate
button.--$125. -
  This
has always been a bit of a mystery button.
It is a non-excavated example of an Albert
CS8A. Mr. Albert states that they
first showed up in this country (from
England) in the 1960s - and have never been
Battlefield or campsite recovered, but do
appear to be old. The question is
whether this is a Civil War date button that
like (some Van Warts and others) simply did
not make it to this country for distribution
in time to get to the field, or might they
have been produced later - possibly for
Confederate Reunion uniforms. A
question for the ages to determine, but for
sure a very nice looking button that may
some day be determined to be a very rare
button. My gut feeling is a bit later
than the Civil War - likely for Confederate
Reunions. A very pretty button and
priced RIGHT.--$48. -
 Very
scarce, excavated, tiny, cuff size, Kentucky
State Seal Staff Officer's button. The
button does have a push, but remains very
solid with a smooth brown patina and crisp
detail. There are hints of gold gilt
around the perimeter, and the shank remains
intact on the reverse.--$250. -
 Beautiful
condition, non-excavated, coat size, two
piece, gilted Georgia State Seal uniform
button. This button has 100% bright
gold gilt with shank intact and is back
marked "Van Wart & Son Co."--$195. -
 Excavated
Coat size Confederate local North Carolina
State Seal button. This was recovered
from a Confederate camp located on private
property near Brandy Station, VA.--$125.
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 Very
- Very - Rare NON-EXCAVATED
"Confederate Local" manufacture
coat size North Carolina State Seal uniform
button. This recently turned up in a
jar of buttons at a North Carolina estate
sale. You won't see a more beautiful
example.--only $495. {often seen $650. or
more}
 Beautiful
non-excavated gilted coat size VA. staff
button with the VERY sought after
"Mitchell and Tyler - Richmond"
backmark. The face could not be
prettier with sharp detail and nearly 100 %
bright gold gilt. Unfortunately, the
button was made into a lady's "stick
pin" years and years ago, and because
of that the shank is not present.
There are a couple guys out there who could
definitely restore the shank, but on the
other hand - the button displays beautifully
just as it is.--only $195.SOLD
-
 Beautiful
non-excavated Coat size Confederate CS-5
Staff Officer's button. It has near
100% bright gold gilt - shank intact - and
is backmarked "Treble Gilt - Extra
Rich". You just won't see a more
beautiful - highly gilted -
example.--$275.
  RARE
- RARE - RARE excavated TINY kepi size
Confederate "Droop Wing Eagle"
Staff Officer's button. I can't
remember when I last had one of these.
This button was recovered near Savannah, GA.
and is solid as a rock with no dents - no
cracks - and shank intact.--$295.
-
 Beautiful
non-excavated 23 mm coat size {CS175A2}
lined manuscript Old English
"I". This is an exceptional
example with nice straight shank and "Halfmann
& Taylor - Montgomery" backmark.
WOW - This button is pretty!!--$325.
-
 Excavated
coat size Confederate local Staff Officer's
button -{CS26B} recovered on private
property years ago here at the Battle of
Stones River. It had a couple freeze
cracks when recovered that have been
professionally stabilized, and the button is
solid as can be now.--$195.SOLD
-
 Very
nice condition excavated coat size Confederate "Droop Wing Eagle" C.S.
Staff Officer's button. This is a scarce "CS26A" and was recovered
by Dr. Rees Buttram about 40 years ago on private property near
Chickamauga.--$195.
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 Hasn't
even been washed off !! Excavated coat size scarce "Tennessee Puff
Rim" Confederate Block "I" uniform button. This button was recovered
about 40 years ago by Dr. Rees Buttram on private property near
Chickamauga. It is really tough to find one of these this
nice.--$115.
-
 Excellent
condition non-excavated coat size "V.M.I." {Virginia Military Institute}.
It has virtually 100% bright gold gilt on the face - shank intact - and
Civil War era "Evans in the ribbon" backmark.--$195.
-
 Excavated
coat size rare "low convex" Virginia State Seal button. This button
was dug by Chuck Sykes from a Virginia troops camp near Brandy Station,
VA. It is quite solid with a smooth brown patina and an "rmdc"
Horstmann and Sons backmark. It is missing the shank {which is
probably why it got lost}. A pretty button.--$195.
-
 Absolutely
beautiful condition non-excavated coat size gilted Virginia Staff
Officer's button. This looks like a VA-20 and has the shank intact
and a "Superior Quality" backmark with LOTS of gold gilt.--$250.
-
 Excavated
coat size North Carolina State Seal button. This is the style with
the star in the depressed channel on the reverse. The button is
very solid with a smooth chocolate brown patina. There is a light
dip in the face but nothing serious. The reverse has shank intact
and gold gilt in the channel.--$135.
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 Beautiful
condition excavated coat size Federal
Infantry Officer's uniform button.
This excellent button was recently recovered
here at Stones River on private property
just up the street from the shop. The
button is solid as can be with beautiful
gold gilt.--$35.SOLD -
  Very
pretty collection of both Union and
Confederate Civil War buttons assembled
during the mid-1960's and consisting of 12
buttons with each being from a different
battlefield. Included in the
collection is an excellent, E.M. Lewis
backmarked coat size Confederate "I" - a
coat size North Carolina State Seal - coat
size Eagle "R" (Rifleman) - Rhode Island
State Seal - New York State Seal - and
numerous other more common buttons.
This collection was assembled over 50 years
ago and is presented extremely well and is
now yellowing with age. The entire
grouping has been verified by a Notary
Public.--$950. for the entire collection. -
 Absolutely
flawless beautiful, non-excavated, coat
size, Federal "C" (Cavalry) button.
This button has very near 100% bright gold
gilt and has a "Waterbury Scovill" backmark
with shank intact and straight. You
won't find a more perfect example.--$95. -
 Very
attractive, small collection of excavated,
rarer cuff size Civil War issue Federal
uniform buttons. This group of buttons
consists of a gilted cuff size Federal Navy,
a gilted Connecticut State Seal, a gilted
Massachusetts State Seal, a gilted Eagle "I"
(Infantry) officer's button, a gilted cuff
size Vermont State Seal, and an extremely
rare, excavated cuff size Eagle "V" uniform
button. This group of six rare Civil
War cuff size buttons is displayed in a
glass riker case. Entire collection --
$195. -
 Beautiful
condition, excavated, vest size, Federal
Navy button. This beautiful button was
recovered about 30 years ago from
Charleston, South Carolina, and was the
"extra" button on a small loop sewn inside
the uniform. The button has a
"Waterbury" backmark with lots of gold gilt
even on the reverse and shank intact.--$45. -
 Very
nice, attractive, cased set of three
excavated, gilted, Federal buttons.
These buttons were all recovered many years
ago on private property here at Stones
River. They consist of a coat size
Federal Staff Officer's button - a cuff size
gilted Federal Staff Officer's button - and
a gilted cuff size Federal Infantry
Officer's button. All are presented in
a glass display case.--$55.for all three
buttons and case.SOLD -
 Beautiful
condition, non-excavated, coat size, gilted
Eagle "D" (Dragoon) button. This
button has a rare "Extra Rich Robinson"
backmark and retains over 90% original
bright gold gilt with shank perfectly intact
on the reverse.--$175. -
 Very
pretty, non-excavated, coat size, Eagle
"R" (Rifleman) uniform button. This
button has over 90% bright gold gilt and is
RMDC and is backmarked Horstmann Bro &
Allien NY, and the shank remains perfectly
intact.--$95. -
 Excellent
condition, non- excavated, coat size,
Federal Eagle "C" (Cavalry) uniform button.
This button has over 90% original bright
gold gilt and a very rare RMDC "Canfield
Bros. Baltimore" backmark. This button
is about as pretty as they get !!--$95. -
 Cased
set of four excavated, Federal uniform
buttons consisting of a coat size New York,
a cuff size New York, a coat size Federal
Infantry officer, and a cuff size Federal
Infantry officer. These buttons were
all recovered from General Joe Hooker's 1863
camps near Chattanooga, Tennessee. All
four buttons have varying degrees of gold
gilt remaining.--$55. for all four buttons
and case. -
 Beautiful
condition, excavated, 1812 - 1815, one-piece
Script "I" (Infantry) uniform button.
These buttons pre-date the Civil War by
almost 50 years, but apparently some
Confederates were wearing buttons from their
father's or grandfather's early uniforms.
This button was recovered from an 1862 -
1863 Army of Tennessee winter Infantry camp.
This example is in perfect condition with
shank intact.--$95. -
 Absolutely
beautiful, excavated, coat size, Federal "C"
(Cavalry) Officer's button. This
button has about 70% bright gold gilt, crisp
detail, and almost no ground action.
The backmark is "Horstmann Alien - New
York", and the shank remains intact but is
bent over.--$75. -
 Beautiful,
gilted, excavated, New York State Seal coat
and cuff staff buttons. Both buttons
are beautifully gilted with shanks intact on
the reverse. They were recovered from
New York camps on private property in and
around Fredericksburg, Virginia.--$75. for
the pair.SOLD -
 Very
nice, excavated, coat size, Michigan State
Seal Staff Officer's button. This
button has 50% bright gold gilt with a
"Goddard and Bros." backmark with the shank
intact. This button was recovered from
a Michigan camp on private property located
near Fredericksburg, Virginia.--$195.SOLD -
 Absolutely
beautiful excavated Coat size New York State
Seal 3-piece Uniform button. This was
recovered on private property about 50 years
ago from Gen. Hooker's camps near Tiftonia
(near Chattanooga, TN.)--$48. -
  Extremely
rare and in drop-dead beautiful condition,
excavated, Federal "cape hook". This
cape hook was recovered during the
mid-1960's from a Federal camp located just
north of Fredericksburg, Virginia. The
button portion of the cape hook itself is a
cuff size Eagle "I" and has 90% bright gold
gilt. The hook remains perfect and is
sharp as a needle. The cape hook has
the extremely rare backmark reading, "Pat.
July 29, 1862", and that remains perfectly
legible.--$325. -
 Beautiful
condition, non-excavated, coat size, Eagle
"R" (Rifleman) Officer's button. This
button has 100% bright gold gilt remaining
with the shank intact on the reverse and is
backmarked, "Horstmann and Allien -
NY".--$95. -
 Beautiful
condition, non-excavated, cuff size, Eagle
"A" (Artillery) with Horstmann backmark and
100% bright gold gilt.--$25. -
 Absolutely
mint beautiful condition, non-excavated,
coat size Eagle "R" (Rifleman) button.
This button retains literally 100% bright
gold gilt and is backmarked,
"Waterbury/Extra Button Co." The shank
remains perfectly intact.--$95. -
 Very
nice condition, excavated, coat size, three
piece, New York Staff button. This
button was recovered from General Joe
Hooker's New York Infantry camps located in
Wauhatchie Valley near Chattanooga,
Tennessee. The face has crisp detail,
a chocolate brown patina, and nice gold
gilt.--$48. -
 Absolutely
flawless, beautiful, non-excavated, great
coat size, Federal Eagle "C" (Cavalry)
button. This button has 100% bright
gold gilt with shank perfect and intact and
rare "Treble Gilt" backmark.--$89. -
 Absolutely
flawless perfect, great coat size, gilted,
Federal Eagle "D" (Dragoon) uniform button.
This button has 100% bright gold gilt with
shank perfect and intact, and is backmarked,
"Mintzer - Phila."--$175. -
 Beautiful
condition, non-excavated, coat size, Eagle
"C" (Cavalry) uniform button. The
button retains 90% bright gold gilt on the
face and has a Waterbury Scovill backmark on
the reverse with the shank remaining intact.
This is an excellent coat size Federal
Cavalry button.--$75. -
 Beautiful
condition non-excavated coat size Federal
Cavalry Officer Eagle "C"
button. It has 100 % bright gold gilt,
and is backmarked "Scovill Mfg. Co. -
Waterbury", and has the shank intact
and straight. Just a choice
button.--$75. -
Case
containing "7" beautifully gilted
non-excavated Federal cuff size gilted
standard eagle buttons that would be correct
for the cuffs of a Federal Enlistedman's
frock coat or would also be correct for use
up the front of a Federal Cavalry or
Artillery shell jacket. These are
extremely reasonably priced, and would be a
great idea to pick them up and store them
back for when needed.-- Only $125. for the
entire case of buttons. -
 Really
pretty non-excavated coat size Federal Staff
Officer's button. The button has a a
rich - never cleaned aged patina with "Extra
Quality" backmark, and shank intact.--$45. -
Grouping
of four Civil War and earlier buttons
consisting of: one excavated, coat
size, 1820 Era, one piece Eagle on cannon
button, one excavated, highly gilted, cuff
size, US Staff button, one excavated, cuff
size, US Artillery button, and one
non-excavated, cuff size, Eagle "A"
(artillery) button with 100% bright gold
gilt.--$95. for the case and all four
buttons. -
 Quite
rare to recover, coat size, "U.S.M.A." cadet
button (West Point). This button has a
smooth, brown patina with nice detail and
about 20% bright gold gilt. It has a
"Waterbury Button Co." backmark and shank
intact. It does, unfortunately, have a
small dent beside the eagle near the rim.
It still displays very nicely.--$89. -
 Unusual
to come by, non-excavated, gilted, coat
size, Connecticut National Guard Staff
"C.N.G." This is the pattern of this
button that is occasionally recovered from
Civil War camp sites. This example has
near 100% bright gold gilt, a "Waterbury
Scovill" backmark, and has the early style
narrow lock rim.--$65. -
 Pair
of non-excavated and beautifully gilted,
Federal, great coat size buttons. One
of the buttons is a gilted Federal Infantry
Officer's button with Waterbury backmark,
and the other is a quite rare,
HEAVILY
GILTED, D. Evans backmark,
Federal general service Eagle button.--$65
for the pair. -
 Excellent
condition display consisting of a coat size,
non-excavated, Federal Infantry Officer
Eagle "I" button and a matching
non-excavated, cuff size, Officer Eagle "I"
button. Also included is a coat size,
non-excavated Enlistedman's Eagle button and
a cuff size, non-excavated Enlistedman's
Eagle button.--$55. for all four. -
 Excellent
condition, non-excavated, coat size, Federal
Navy button. The face has near 100%
bright gold gilt, and the reverse has an
R.M.D.C. backmark of "Horstmann and Alien".
The shank remains perfectly intact on the
reverse.--$75. -
 Extremely
rare, cuff size, non-excavated, Federal
Topographical Engineer button with 100%
bright gold gilt on the face and shank
intact on the reverse. This button is
backmarked, "Robinsons/Extra". In 40
years, I have only had three non-excavated,
cuff size, Topographical Engineer
buttons.--$350.
-
 Really
pretty grouping of four excavated cuff size
buttons - ALL RETAINING NICE GOLD GILT - The
grouping consists of a gilted Federal
enlistedman's eagle button (rare to dig with
nice gilt) - a pretty gilted eagle Infantry
Officer - a nicely gilted Federal Staff
Officer - and a gilted Confederate Floral.
All are presented in a glass riker display
case.--$79. for all -
 Beautiful
condition non-excavated coat size Federal
Staff Officer's button. It has near
100 % bright gold gilt - "Extra Quality"
backmark - and shank intact.--$45. -
 Quite
rare to find - Beautiful condition
non-excavated coat size "Excelsior - New Yok
State National Guard". I don't think
that I have ever seen a nicer example.--$75. -
 Excavated,
coat-size, Eagle "D" (Dragoon) button.
This was recovered from the 1862 - 1863
winter camp of Lucius Polk's Army of
Tennessee Brigade winter quarters located
near Tullahoma, TN.--$75. -
 Quite
rare, non-excavated, two-piece, flat
"Ancient and Honorable Artillery - 1638"
button. This is a Massachusetts
Artillery unit and is among the oldest
military organizations in the nation.
The button has the inscription, "A & H A "
above and "1638" below. It has near
100% bright gold gilt with shank intact on
the reverse. This is an MS47A in
Albert and is a virtually perfect
example.--$175. -
 Very
rare, and beautiful condition non-excavated
cuff size "Goodyear's Patent" HARD RUBBER
Federal Eagle Button. These are
believed to have been used by Federal Sharp
Shooters to prevent the sparkle of gilted
brass buttons to give the Sharp Shooter's
position away.--$225. -
 Absolutely
beautiful, non-excavated, coat size, New
Hampshire Volunteer Militia uniform button.
This button has literally 100% bright gold
gilt on the face, and the reverse is
backmarked "D Evans and Co - Attleboro,
Mass" (in a ribbon). The original
shank remains intact and straight.--$75. -
 Excellent
condition, non-excavated, coat size,
Pennsylvania National Guard. It is in
perfect condition with near 100% bright gold
gilt. This button has a late war
backmark of "Horstmann NY & Philada."
A quite rare and beautiful button at a great
price.--$125. -
 Beautiful
condition, non-excavated, big great-coat
size, gilted, Federal Eagle button.
This is a "really big" Eagle button and has
an Extra Quality backmark with shank
intact.--$35. -
 Mint
condition, cased set of gilted, Federal,
cuff size buttons. One of the buttons
is a cuff size Infantry officer and the
second button is a cuff size Artillery
officer.--$65 for the pair. -
 Absolutely
beautiful condition, excavated pair of
gilted Federal buttons. One is a coat
size gilted Federal Staff Officer's, and the
other is a coat size Federal Infantry
Officer's.--$85 for the pair. -
 Very
rare to find, non-excavated, 1820 era, U.S.
"great coat" buttons. This is a GI70
with United States backmark. The coat
size is a beautiful button but is missing
the shank. The cuff size remains
perfect with the shank intact.--$125 for the
pair. -
 Excavated,
coat size, Federal Navy button. The
face has about 90% bright gold gilt, and the
reverse is backmarked "Waterbury Scovill &
Co". The shank is missing which is
likely why the button was lost. You
couldn't hope to find a button with a more
beautiful face.--$95. -
 Excavated,
silvered, coat size, one piece, NY State
Militia button. This button is a very
early 1820 - 1840 era NY Militia button and
was recovered from 1863 NY Camps near
Chattanooga, TN. It is missing the
shank but is otherwise a beautiful excavated
example.--$65.SOLD -
 Beautiful
condition non-excavated coat size Federal
Infantry Officer Eagle "I"
button. It has 100 % bright gold gilt,
and is backmarked "D. Evans -
Attleboro", and has the shank intact
and straight. Just a choice
button.--$38. -
 Beautiful
condition excavated gilted coat size Federal Infantry Officer's button.
This button has a "Goddard" backmark and was recovered about 40 years ago
on private property near Shiloh.--$38.
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 Excellent
Condition Non-Excavated large coat size Gilted Eagle "I" - Federal
Infantry Officer's Button. It has 100% bright gold gilt with a "
Waterbury" backmark.-- $38.
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 Beautiful
condition excavated coat size gilted Federal Infantry Officer's Button.
This button was recovered by Dr. Rees Buttram on private property in
Chickamauga, GA. Both the Eagle and the letter "I" are outlined with
with bright gold gilt.--$38.
 Pair
{coat and cuff} of beautiful condition excavated "Gilted" Federal Infantry
Officer's buttons. These were recovered in the late 1960s from
private property at Shiloh by Dr. Rees Buttram. Just really, really
pretty.--$48. for the pair
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 This
is the most beautiful excavated 18mm Union Navy button that you ever
could hope to recover. The face has gold gilt dripping off it,
sharp crisp detail, and perfect reverse with shank intact.--$85.
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