My Brother is Mean to Me!

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A week or so ago the Gold glit button had a lot of chat about it on another thread ... some thought civil war and some thought some Island country .
Palmetto Tree Button... South Carolina, But the base of the tree is different
 

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Oh That is mean. BUT better than a lump of coal!
 

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My brother sent me some presents for Christmas but wouldn't tell me what they are. He said I could figure them out myself. I think that's kind of mean! :laughing7: Here are just a few of the things I got. Do You know what they are?

Nice North Carolina Button & A very Nice South Carolina Button . How Nice Back-Marks? Especially on the SC.

Your Brother is Super Nice IMO.
 

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A week or so ago the Gold glit button had a lot of chat about it on another thread ... some thought civil war and some thought some Island country .
Palmetto Tree Button... South Carolina, But the base of the tree is different

The South Carolina look's like a Silvered 1 piece , if so I want a Brother.

I'm really just guessing , as any SC or NC (St or Star ) is on my G.I.S. List.
 

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The S. Carolina is a two piece. I can't quite make out the back marks on either button and I have misplaced my magnifying glass.
 

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A Cool Brother you have indeed , is he a Digger?
 

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A Cool Brother you have indeed , is he a Digger?

He is. Hopefully he will soon be posting here. He got a used laptop for Christmas. He found a revolutionary war button that only three are known to exist.
 

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Beautiful gifts and best of all they are from you brother who obviously loves you enough to send you a present you
Would truly enjoy.

Thanx for sharing!

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CIVIL-WAR-CONFEDERATE-SOUTH-CAROLINA-BUTTON
Animis Opibusque Parati... Prepared in Mind and Resources!

"The Great Seal of the State of South Carolina was adopted in 1776. The seal is made up of two elliptical areas, linked by branches of the palmetto tree. The image on the left is dominated by a tall palmetto tree and an oak tree, fallen and broken. This scene represents the battle fought on June 28, 1776, between defenders of the unfinished fort on Sullivan's Island, and the British Fleet. The standing palmetto represents the victorious defenders, and the fallen oak is the British Fleet. Banded together on the palmetto with the motto "Quis separabit?" ("Who Will Separate [Us]?"), are 12 spears that represent the first 12 states of the Union. Surrounding the image, at the top, is "South Carolina", and below, is "Animis Opibusque Parati" ("Prepared in Mind and Resources"). The other image on the seal depicts the Roman Goddess Spes walking along a shore that is littered with weapons. The Goddess, symbolizing Hope, grasps a branch of laurel as the sun rises behind her. Below her image is her name "Spes", Latin for "Hope", and over the image is the motto "Dum Spiro Spero", or "While I Breathe I Hope".

The Great Seal of South Carolina was "set" or "affixed" to the Ordinance of Secession of December 20, 1860, at Secession Hall in Charleston shortly after 7:00 p.m., following which convention delegates signed it, including Robert Barnwell Rhett, as some three thousand South Carolinians watched enthusiastically the proclamation of"


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Adopted1776
MottoQuis separabit?
Meliorem Lapsa Locavit
Animis Opibusque Parati
Dum Spiro Spero
Spes

A Loving Jester...From Your Brother...Quis separabit?... Who Will Separate Us?
 

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CIVIL-WAR-CONFEDERATE-SOUTH-CAROLINA-BUTTON




Animis Opibusque Parati
... Prepared in Mind and Resources!

"The Great Seal of the State of South Carolina was adopted in 1776. The seal is made up of two elliptical areas, linked by branches of the palmetto tree. The image on the left is dominated by a tall palmetto tree and an oak tree, fallen and broken. This scene represents the battle fought on June 28, 1776, between defenders of the unfinished fort on Sullivan's Island, and the British Fleet. The standing palmetto represents the victorious defenders, and the fallen oak is the British Fleet. Banded together on the palmetto with the motto "Quis separabit?" ("Who Will Separate [Us]?"), are 12 spears that represent the first 12 states of the Union. Surrounding the image, at the top, is "South Carolina", and below, is "Animis Opibusque Parati" ("Prepared in Mind and Resources"). The other image on the seal depicts the Roman Goddess Spes walking along a shore that is littered with weapons. The Goddess, symbolizing Hope, grasps a branch of laurel as the sun rises behind her. Below her image is her name "Spes", Latin for "Hope", and over the image is the motto "Dum Spiro Spero", or "While I Breathe I Hope".

The Great Seal of South Carolina was "set" or "affixed" to the Ordinance of Secession of December 20, 1860, at Secession Hall in Charleston shortly after 7:00 p.m., following which convention delegates signed it, including Robert Barnwell Rhett, as some three thousand South Carolinians watched enthusiastically the proclamation of"


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ArmigerState of South Carolina
Adopted1776
MottoQuis separabit?
Meliorem Lapsa Locavit
Animis Opibusque Parati
Dum Spiro Spero
Spes

A Loving Jester...From Your Brother...Quis separabit?... Who Will Separate Us?

That's cool and very fitting. We are the last of five brothers.
 

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I searched through the Albert button-book's photos of South Carolina State Militia buttons, to find its Albert button-number and thus its backmark and time-period for you.

It is definitely Albert's button SC-8A, and it was manufactured sometime between 1830 and 1858, by the firm of Young, Smith & Co. of New York City. Being made years before the war, it most likely would have been worn by a member of a pre-war SC Militia regiment, rather than a wartime volunteer or draftee. Apparently, it was lost fairly early during the war, because so little of its gold gilt has been worn off.

Your North Carolina State Militia button is a wartime Confederate-made one, which Albert calls a "CS Local" (a somewhat confusing term, meaning, locally-made in the Confederacy, not by a Northern firm or British maker). Most "local" NC buttons have a rather crude die-stamped emblem, showing weak detailing, and do not have a backmark. I can't quite tell for certain whether your button is Albert's NC-8A, B, C, or D. The head on the figure at right makes it look like NC-8A, and if so it should have an "S.A. Myers / Richmond Va" backmark. But it could have a "W.Wildt & Son / Richmond Va" backmark.
 

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I searched through the Albert button-book's photos of South Carolina State Militia buttons, to find its Albert button-number and thus its backmark and time-period for you.

It is definitely Albert's button SC-8A, and it was manufactured sometime between 1830 and 1858, by the firm of Young, Smith & Co. of New York City. Being made years before the war, it most likely would have been worn by a member of a pre-war SC Militia regiment, rather than a wartime volunteer or draftee. Apparently, it was lost fairly early during the war, because so little of its gold gilt has been worn off.

Your North Carolina State Militia button is a wartime Confederate-made one, which Albert calls a "CS Local" (a somewhat confusing term, meaning, locally-made in the Confederacy, not by a Northern firm or British maker). Most "local" NC buttons have a rather crude die-stamped emblem, showing weak detailing, and do not have a backmark. I can't quite tell for certain whether your button is Albert's NC-8A, B, C, or D. The head on the figure at right makes it look like NC-8A, and if so it should have an "S.A. Myers / Richmond Va" backmark. But it could have a "W.Wildt & Son / Richmond Va" backmark.

Thanks for all the information TCG. My brother found the SC button in 1987 at Pleasant Valley, Washington County, Md. It is from Kershaws line during Jackson's siege of Harpers Ferry, Va in 1862. The North Carolina button came from Heysers Ridge, just south of Hagerstown, Md. Possibly from Longstreets corp before Antietam. It was also found in 1987.
 

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He is. Hopefully he will soon be posting here. He got a used laptop for Christmas. He found a revolutionary war button that only three are known to exist.

Neat that he is a digger & IMO that really proves he Loves you giving you Very nice relics especially if he dug them.

Hope to hear about and see some of his finds , soon.

Now I read he did indeed dig them himself , "He loves you , He really loves you".
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