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  1. Jan 29, 2012, 05:12 PM
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    Button id help needed...

    Does anyone recognize this button?


    I have not been able to read the letters yet..

    Civil war Rhode Island

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  2. Jan 29, 2012, 05:39 PM #2
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    Re: Button id help needed...

    Definitely a Connecticutt State Militia button. Yours was made in the 1840s-to-early-1850s, based on the RMDC (Raised-Mark-in-a-Depressed-Channel) backmark.
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  3. Jan 29, 2012, 06:12 PM
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    Re: Button id help needed...

    Quote Originally Posted by TheCannonballGuy
    Definitely a Connecticutt State Militia button. Yours was made in the 1840s-to-early-1850s, based on the RMDC (Raised-Mark-in-a-Depressed-Channel) backmark.
    Yes it is

    Its a CONNECTICUT MILITIA OFFICER'S COAT BUTTON


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