WWI great seal button

[thsfineday]

thanks to the help from the "what is it " forum, was able to ID this button as a WWI great seal button by the "American button co of newark"

[postalgriff]

very nice! I love digging up anything military. that was the first miltary button I dug too, with the great seal. congrats, and HH, Griff

[Brentallica]

Sweet button!
WTG

[Rookie2]

Glad to see you made it to Treasure net. I'm glad I got to witness that one come out of the ground

[Acejeckel]

WTG on the sweet button..

[BandB1]

Congrats on the nice old button, Cool!

Good luck,
HH.

[fistfulladirt]

I never thought much about buttons in the past, now I find they are interesting because of the history behind them! cool! ffd

[Mike from MI]

Nice one! They started making them in 1902, used them through both wars and into moden day

[Rookie2]

Nice one! They started making them in 1902, used them through both wars and into moden day

Yes,they still use the great seal as the emblem on the face of military buttons.The designs of the backs and the wordings have changed through the years thus making it easy to identify the time period a given button was made. This one says American Button Co. on the back. This was only used from 1901-1920. Another variation is the 1902-1917 button that says Am. Button Co.

[Michiganne]

Nice piece of history you dug there.

HH

[michigan michael]

Very cool!