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Ridgeway Reference Archive, Civil War buttons.
Federal
general service one piece buttons, 1820's through 1840's generally,
including "general militia" buttons.
This is the "Ridgeway Reference Archive", 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.
General service or militia button, eagle facing
right beside shield, lined field no stars, one part flat,
Best Plated London, (22mm)
Button depicts a patriotic eagle, and could be purchased by any militia units in
the1830's and 1840's. This pattern features eagle
facing right beside a shield, 16 stars, wide oval inner border, outer rope
border.
Backmark: "BEST PLATED (in script) / LONDON" dm
single inner ring, flat one
piece button, English producer 1820's or 1830's,
(Best02B).
One part flat button, coat size.
Ref: Albert GI56.
B6615
General service or militia button, eagle facing
right beside shield, lined field no stars, one part flat,
Best Plated London, (22mm)
Dug button, recovered: not known. |
General service or militia button, eagle facing right, 17
stars, one part low convex, Best Plated London rm, (19.8mm)
Button depicts a patriotic eagle, and could be purchased by any militia units in
the1830's and 1840's. This pattern features eagle
facing right surrounded by 17 stars. Backmark: "BEST PLATED. /
(star) LONDON. (star)"
rm between two solid rings, convex
back, English producer 1820's or 1830's,
(Best03).
One part low convex button, coat size.
Ref: Albert GI67.
B4179
General service or militia button, eagle facing right, 17
stars, one part low convex, Best Plated London rm, (19.8mm)
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General service or militia button, eagle facing
right beside shield, 16 stars, one part flat, Imperial Standard, (22mm)
Button depicts a patriotic eagle, and could be purchased by any militia units in
the1830's and 1840's. This pattern features eagle
facing right beside a shield, 16 stars, wide oval inner border, outer rope
border.
Backmark: "IMPERIAL /
(star) STANDARD (star)", rmdc, stippled channel, backmark was a
trademark denoting quality, and was probably manufactured in England,
(Imperial01).
One part flat button, coat size.
Ref: Albert GI61A.
B5334
General service or militia button, eagle facing
right beside shield, 16 stars, one part flat, Imperial Standard, (22mm)
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B5520
General service or militia button, eagle facing
right beside shield, 16 stars, one part flat, Imperial Standard, (22mm)
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General service or militia button, eagle facing
right, with shield with 7 stars above, 6 stars below, on lined field, one part
flat, Superior Strong Plated (21.5mm)
Button depicts a patriotic eagle, and could be purchased by any militia units in
the1830's and 1840's.
This pattern features eagle facing right beside a shield, 7
stars above, 6 stars below. Backmark "SUPERIOR / (dot) STRONG
PLATED (dot) " dm between two solid rings, likely English
manufacture ca 1860,
(SuperiorStrong01). One part flat button, coat size.
Ref: Albert GI59, not listed.
B4178
General service or militia button, eagle facing
right, with shield with 7 stars above, 6 stars below, on lined field, one part
flat, Superior Strong Plated (21.5mm)
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B5522
General service or militia button, eagle facing
right, with shield with 7 stars above, 6 stars below, on lined field, one part
flat, Superior Strong Plated (21.5mm)
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Federal general service button, "Great Coat" US, eagle
with wreath, flat two part, United States, (20mm)
Button depicts a patriotic eagle,
over "US" and a oval wreath, design was approved in 1820 for US Army. This
pattern features eagle facing right surrounded by 17 stars. Backmark:
"UNITED / (star) (dot) (star)
STATES (star) (dot) (star) " rm
between two rings of dots, flat back, ca 1820's,
(UnitedSates01).
Two part flat button, coat size.
Ref: Albert GI71, Tice GEN200A1.
B4073
Federal general service button, "Great Coat" US, eagle
with wreath, flat two part, United States, (20mm)
Dug button, recovered: Boonsboro, Maryland. |
B4177
Federal general service button, "Great Coat" US, eagle
with wreath, flat two part, United States, (20mm)
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General service or militia button, eagle facing
right, with shield with 7 stars above, 6 stars below, on lined field, one part
flat, Warranted Treble Plated (20.5mm)
Button depicts a patriotic eagle, and could be purchased by any militia units in
the1830's and 1840's. This pattern features eagle
facing right beside a shield, 7 stars above, 6 stars below.
Backmark "WARRANTED / (bough) / (double solid ring) / TREBLE / PLATED" dm,
English manufacture ca 1830's, (Warranted02). One part flat button, coat size.
Ref: Albert GI59.
B5521
General service or militia button, eagle facing
right, with shield with 7 stars above, 6 stars below, on lined field, one part
flat, Warranted Treble Plated (20.5mm)
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Federal Infantry or militia
button, eagle facing right,
beside shield, lined shield with border, flat one part, blank back,
(13.8mm)
Button depicts eagle beside a shield, originally intended for
infantry 1820's, the shield was left blank, probably intended to have the
regiment inscribed, few are inscribed most were relegated to militia use in the
1840's and 1850's. Backmark blank back,
one piece coin style button with fitted skin, (BlankNorth19Small).
One part flat button,
hat size.
Ref: Albert GI53, Tice
GM206As1.
B5861
Federal Infantry or
militia button, eagle facing right,
beside shield, lined shield with border, flat one part, blank back,
(13.8mm)
Dug button, recovered: Mexican War site in Texas. |
B6616
Federal Infantry or militia button, eagle facing right, beside shield,
lined shield with border, flat one part, blank back, (13.8mm)
Dug button, recovered: Mexican war sites in
Texas. |