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Winchester, Virginia
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Ridgeway Reference Archive, Civil War buttons
Catalog of button backmarks
"Fine....." backmarks
"Fine Plated", "Fine..." are generic backmarks denoting quality
Most information on this page is from Tice's book, Dating Buttons..., the pictures are generally from buttons that I have handled.
Fine01,
(19mm)
Backmark: "FINE PLATED / (dot) W.H.H. & CO. N.Y." rmdc, probably
Steele & Johnson 1840's or 1850's custom backmark for W H Horstmann,
(Fine01).
Tice page 130, (WH Horstmann)
item count 13 [modified].
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B4119
Federal
infantry button, eagle
with "I",
Fine Plated WHH & Co NY rmdc, (19mm) Ref: Albert GI82, Tice GI206A1. |
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Fine02Small, (15mm)
Backmark: "FINE /
(star) (star) QUALITY (star) (star)" dm,
small size only, likely D Evans, ca 1860,
(Fine02Small).
Tice, page 56, (D Evans),
item count 35, [B3-13].
B5569
Rhode Island button, state seal anchor and Hope,
officer staff, Fine Quality, (14.6mm)
Fine03Small,
(15mm)
Backmark: "FINE /
(dot) QUALITY (dot) " dm
inner ring,
only made in small size, maker not indentified, likely Steele & Johnson, ca 1860,
(Fine03Small).
Tice, not listed.
B6069
South Carolina button, state seal with palmetto tree,
Fine Quality, (14mm)
Fine10,
(22mm)
Backmark: "(graphic of
eagle, / FINE GOLD PLATE " dm
on a ribbon, likely manufacture by Steele & Johnson, ca. 1830, (Fine10).
Tice,
page 87 (Steele & Johnson) item count #28, [B10-19].
B4173
Federal
cavalry button, eagle
with "C",
Fine Gold Plate on a ribbon, (22.2mm)
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