"Thomas N. Dale" Mystery button ***SOLVED***

[ModernMiner]

O.K. Folks, I dug this strange button at a Yankee CW camp yesterday along with an Eagle "I" button.
This 23mm dome top button has a "Thomas N. Dale" back mark on it.
As you can see it has some nice gold gilt still on it. The weird thing is it looks like it has 4 small strategically place holes on the front. A buddy of mine spoke to a button expert and was told that there were some buttons made with an attachment on the front, but they were normally soldered onto the top.

Has anyone seen a button like this or have any additional info?

Thanks for looking,
MM

[Montana Jim]

Doug,

Those holes held an eagle, like all other eagle buttons, except this eagle attached as it's own piece. I have one like it by a French maker, the eagle is gone but the four holes remain.

Bought by wealthy officers who had a little extra money to spend on their uniforms.

I'll find my post, or get you more information.

[Montana Jim]

Eh... no luck finding it. Here's a picture of mine with an outline of where the eagle was.

[Mackaydon]

Here's what the back once looked like:
http://relicman.com/buttons/imagesbuttons/B5340B.JPG

[ModernMiner]

Jim and Mack,
You guys rock!!!
Great info. Thanks so much for the ID and photos. Now I can label it correctly.
AWESOME!!
-Doug-

[rtde3]

I knew somebody here would know! Good job guys! Cool button M.M.!
Now go back and find the Eagle!

[ModernMiner]

I knew somebody here would know! Good job guys! Cool button M.M.!
Now go back and find the Eagle!

Rob,
You just jogged my memory where I dug it at. I'll go back tonight and see if I can find the missing eagle. Now that would be cool
Thanks Buddy,
Dug