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Button5200-Missouri-000
Missouri button, state use
Missouri button, state use. Missouri symbolism, bears around a shield.
Research Center: Button5200-Missouri-000 .
Reference: Albert MO..., Tice MO...

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Button5206-Missouri-000
Missouri, state use, three part officer button.
Missouri button, state use. Missouri symbolism, bears around a shield. Three part officer button.
Research Center: Button5206-Missouri-000 .
Reference: Albert MO1, Albert MO2, Tice MO200, Tice MO205.

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Button5206-Missouri-ExtraQuality-Scovill140
Missouri, state use, three part officer button. Backmark-ExtraQuality-Scovill140
Missouri button, state use. Missouri symbolism, bears around a shield. Backmark: "EXTRA / (star) QUALITY (star)" dm inner solid ring, Scovill manufactured ca 1860. Three part officer button, hat or sleeve size, 14mm to 16mm.
Research Center: Button5206-Missouri-ExtraQuality-Scovill140 . Reference: Albert MO1, Albert MO2. Reference: Tice MO200, Tice MO205. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 71, Scovill Manufacturing.

Button5206-Missouri-ExtraQuality-SteeleJohnson210
Missouri, state use, three part officer button. Backmark-ExtraQuality-SteeleJohnson210
Missouri button, state use. Missouri symbolism, bears around a shield. Backmark: "EXTRA. / (star) QUALITY. (star)" dm between rings of dots, depression around shank, tail of Q is seperated from the ring of dots, manufactured by Steele & Johnson, ca 1860. Three part officer button, coat size, 22mm to 23mm.
Research Center: Button5206-Missouri-ExtraQuality-SteeleJohnson210 . Reference: Albert MO1, Albert MO2. Reference: Tice MO200, Tice MO205. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 87, Steele & Johnson, item 25. Plate B-10, 16.

Button5206-Missouri-ExtraQuality-SteeleJohnson265
Missouri, state use, three part officer button. Backmark-ExtraQuality-SteeleJohnson265
Missouri button, state use. Missouri symbolism, bears around a shield. Backmark: "EXTRA / (star) QUALITY (star)" dm, no rings, well around the shank, stamping is poorly formed, manufacture by Steele & Johnson ca 1850's to 1860's. Three part officer button, hat or sleeve size, 14mm to 16mm.
Research Center: Button5206-Missouri-ExtraQuality-SteeleJohnson265 . Reference: Albert MO1, Albert MO2. Reference: Tice MO200, Tice MO205. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 87, Steele & Johnson, item 26. Plate B-10, 17.

Button5206-Missouri-Horstmann440
Missouri, state use, three part officer button. Backmark-Horstmann440
Missouri button, state use. Missouri symbolism, bears around a shield. Backmark: "HORSTMAN (sic) BROS & ALLIEN. / (star) N. Y. (star)" dm between two rings of dots, ca. 1860's, transitional backmark, manufacture continued after the Civil War. Three part officer button, coat size, 22mm to 23mm.
Research Center: Button5206-Missouri-Horstmann440 . Reference: Albert MO1, Albert MO2. Reference: Tice MO200, Tice MO205. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 131, item 08. Plate B-17, 08.

Button5206-Missouri-Scovill500
Missouri, state use, three part officer button. Backmark-Scovill500
Missouri button, state use. Missouri symbolism, bears around a shield. Backmark: "SCOVILL MG CO / WATERBURY" dm, small letters, inner solid ring, lettering crowds the rim, ca early 1850s. Three part officer button, coat size, 22mm to 23mm.
Research Center: Button5206-Missouri-Scovill500 . Reference: Albert MO1, Albert MO2. Reference: Tice MO200, Tice MO205. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 71, item 01. Plate B-5, 14.

Button5206-Missouri-Scovill800-v1
Missouri, state use, three part officer button. Backmark-Scovill800
Missouri button, state use. Missouri symbolism, bears around a shield. Backmark: "SCOVILL MF'G CO. / WATERBURY." dm, between two rings of dots, no dividers, used on staff buttons ca 1860s, there appears to be a period after Co and after Waterbury, and on some examples this may appear to have length like a comma, this is likely due to slippage in stamping or die cutting, or debris in stamping, the convention of the time suggests it was meant to be a period and not a comma. Three part officer button, coat size, 22mm to 23mm.
Research Center: Button5206-Missouri-Scovill800-v1 . Reference: Albert MO1, Albert MO2. Reference: Tice MO200, Tice MO205. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 71, item 23. Plate B-6, 06.

Button5206-Missouri-Scovill800-v2
Missouri, state use, three part officer button. Backmark-Scovill800
Missouri button, state use. Missouri symbolism, bears around a shield. Backmark: "SCOVILL MF'G CO. / WATERBURY." dm, between two rings of dots, no dividers, used on staff buttons ca 1860s, there appears to be a period after Co and after Waterbury, and on some examples this may appear to have length like a comma, this is likely due to slippage in stamping or die cutting, or debris in stamping, the convention of the time suggests it was meant to be a period and not a comma. Three part officer button, coat size, 22mm to 23mm.
Research Center: Button5206-Missouri-Scovill800-v2 . Reference: Albert MO1, Albert MO2. Reference: Tice MO200, Tice MO205. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 71, item 23. Plate B-6, 06.

Button5206-Missouri-Scovill801-v1
Missouri, state use, three part officer button. Backmark-Scovill801
Missouri button, state use. Missouri symbolism, bears around a shield. Backmark: "SCOVILL MF'G. CO. / WATERBURY." dm, single inner ring of dots, no dividers, small letters, this is abbreviated version of Scovill series of dm, with double rings used for 1860s staff coat buttons. Most use likely continued after the Civil War with coat sized buttons, redesigned with single ring. Three part officer button, hat or sleeve size, 14mm to 16mm.
Research Center: Button5206-Missouri-Scovill801-v1 . Reference: Albert MO1, Albert MO2. Reference: Tice MO200, Tice MO205. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 71.

Button5206-Missouri-Scovill801-v2
Missouri, state use, three part officer button. Backmark-Scovill801
Missouri button, state use. Missouri symbolism, bears around a shield. Backmark: "SCOVILL MF'G. CO. / WATERBURY." dm, single inner ring of dots, no dividers, small letters, this is abbreviated version of Scovill series of dm, with double rings used for 1860s staff coat buttons. Most use likely continued after the Civil War with coat sized buttons, redesigned with single ring. Three part officer button, hat or sleeve size, 14mm to 16mm.
Research Center: Button5206-Missouri-Scovill801-v2 . Reference: Albert MO1, Albert MO2. Reference: Tice MO200, Tice MO205. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 71.

Button5206-Missouri-Scovill805
Missouri, state use, three part officer button. Backmark-Scovill805
Missouri button, state use. Missouri symbolism, bears around a shield. Backmark: "SCOVILL MF'G CO. / WATERBURY." dm, between one outer ring and two inner rings of dots, ca 1860. Three part officer button, coat size, 22mm to 23mm.
Research Center: Button5206-Missouri-Scovill805 . Reference: Albert MO1, Albert MO2. Reference: Tice MO200, Tice MO205. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 71. Dan Binder article, NST Vol XXV No 5. pg. 34 Figure 2.

Button5206-Missouri-WaterburyButtonCo210
Missouri, state use, three part officer button. Backmark-WaterburyButtonCo210
Missouri button, state use. Missouri symbolism, bears around a shield. Backmark: "WATERBURY BUTTON CO. / (star) EXTRA (star)" dm between two rings of dots, backmark is transitional, manufacture 1860's and continued after the Civil War. Three part officer button, coat size, 22mm to 23mm.
Research Center: Button5206-Missouri-WaterburyButtonCo210 . Reference: Albert MO1, Albert MO2. Reference: Tice MO200, Tice MO205. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 82, item 17. Plate B-9, 04.

Button5221-Missouri-UniversityMissouri-000
Missouri school, University of Mssouri.
Missouri school, University of Mssouri.
Research Center: Button5221-Missouri-UniversityMissouri-000 .
Reference: AlbertSU not listed, Tice MO not listed.

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Button5221-Missouri-UniversityMissouri-Scovill805
Missouri school, University of Mssouri. Backmark-Scovill805
Missouri school, University of Mssouri. Backmark: "SCOVILL MF'G CO. / WATERBURY." dm, between one outer ring and two inner rings of dots, ca 1860. Three part officer button, coat size, 22mm to 23mm.
Research Center: Button5221-Missouri-UniversityMissouri-Scovill805 . Reference: AlbertSU not listed. Reference: Tice MO not listed. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 71. Dan Binder article, NST Vol XXV No 5. pg. 34 Figure 2.

This is the "Ridgeway Civil War Research Center", a research tool for educational purposes only, and is provided at no cost to the reader. Some of the relics listed are retained in the author's collection, most reside in other collections and are not owned by the author. None of the items listed in this section are for sale, please refer to relicman.com sales listings for items offered for sale. This is a work in progress, I list items as I get to them, there are many patterns that are not listed yet, this list will be regularly updated as I get pictures and descriptions for more items. I will also correct mistakes, so if you see any please tell me. All items listed are believed to be authentic to the Civil War or as otherwise described. Any excavated relics have been recovered from private property with owners permission.This information is available for research purposes, pictures may be used by permission only.

Most information on this page is from:
Uniform Buttons of the United States 1776 - 1865, by Warren K.Tice.
Dating buttons; A Chronology of Button Types, Makers, Retailers & Their Backmarks, by Warren K. Tice.
Directory of American Military Goods Dealers & Makers, by Bruce S. Bazelon and William F. Guinn.
Record of American Uniform and Historical Buttons, Bicentennial Edition, by Alphaeus H. Albert.
Pictures are generally by the author, unless otherwise indicated.

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