Seeking Help For New Hampshire Buttons!

[reapp]

Hello Forum!

I recently acquired a large group of buttons, and these were in the lot. These are New Hampshire Volunteer Militia Buttons with Scovill backmarks. They are listed in Tice and Albert's button guides, and are categorized as Tice NH200 and Albert NH6. The lettering of the backmark is depressed into the metal, and the "O" in "CO" is lower case. This varies from the button guides, as they state that they should have raised letters, and the "O" should be upper case. Does anyone have any input on this? Thanks in advance for your help!


David

 

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[fyrffytr1]

Are they 3 piece buttons? If so I think they are NH7 in Albert's book. NH7 is a staff officer's button and the backmark for it in Alberts is spelled with a small o in Co. 7 is a high dome and 6 looks like a flatter button than yours.

 

[devldog]

Hey FF1. Nice looking buttons.....I don't even care if they are Yankee buttons.....they are nice looking. Did you say you just acquired them?

 

[reapp]

I did. They are part of an old collection I acquired, and there is a whole coat's worth (20 buttons). Since my initial post, I've discovered that they were NH Officer's buttons, and of post-war vintage.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Yep... the lower-case letter o in Co (the abbreviation for Company) means ypur Scovill button was manufactured sometime between 1870 and 1920. Information source is "American Military Button Makers And Dealers; Their Backmarks & Dates" by William F. McGuinn and Bruce S. Bazelon.

 

[CivilWarFan]

These buttons are post civil war because of the single ring of dots on the backmark. Relicman.com is a really good resource. Transitional backmark made around 1870-1880.