Calling on the button experts!

[AMorgan]

I found this button over the weekend with a few other TNET buddies in Louisiana.

I can't seem to find it in Albert's button book, but the site has turned up confederate cavalry items.

[Bigcypresshunter]

Can we see the back?

[AMorgan]

I can't make out the backmark as of yet. It is two piece and is definitely marked. I will post a pic as soon as I can make out something...

Alan

[ghost_rider]

May be a Louisiana State Militia Button.... as you have found they used the Pelican as their design, which carried over into the Civil War.

[duggap]

That may be a livery stable button. Some of those go back past the civil war. From the style of eagle on the front, I would date it to at least 1850s. But I am guessing.

[Montana Jim]

May be a Louisiana State Militia Button.... as you have found they used the Pelican as their design, which carried over into the Civil War.

It sure has that feel, but it's the wrong bird completely...

That may be a livery stable button. Some of those go back past the civil war. From the style of eagle on the front, I would date it to at least 1850s. But I am guessing.

Been looking, can't find any matching livery buttons that even come close... maybe though.

The closest I can get is a US Navy button or US Army Infantry button (1790s - 1820s), but yours is sans stars and shields and such... although the eagle is pretty darn close. I did find a diplomatic button from 1790s - 1820s that closely resembles it - but again, not exact. I even found some confederate staff officers whose come close... but again... no way close enough.

[BuckleBoy]

That may be a livery stable button. Some of those go back past the civil war. From the style of eagle on the front, I would date it to at least 1850s. But I am guessing.

The style of eagle is 1820's or earlier. Look at the military buttons from the same time period.


I don't think this is a livery button.


But now the ball is in the original poster's court with a backmark. That might help us the most...



-Buckleboy

[La Beep]

Look at the 10th one down it is similar i think.
Local Staff variant
http://www.civilwarbuttons.com/cscentrlist.htm

La Beep (Ward)

[X-Terra70_TreasureHunter]

Hi refer to this link:

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.p...tml#msg1110228

[BuckleBoy]

Look at the 10th one down it is similar i think.
Local Staff variant
http://www.civilwarbuttons.com/cscentrlist.htm

La Beep (Ward)

I thought this was a one-piece button. Is it a two piece??!?

[duggap]

The reason I was thinking Livery button was because of three we found on a confederate site. Two were silver plated and one was gold plated but otherwise identical to each other. We exhausted all the books so we emailed Dan Binder and he was the one who id'ed it as livery. This button is very close to those buttons.

[Montana Jim]

The reason I was thinking Livery button was because of three we found on a confederate site. Two were silver plated and one was gold plated but otherwise identical to each other. We exhausted all the books so we emailed Dan Binder and he was the one who id'ed it as livery. This button is very close to those buttons.

Got pics of them?

[duggap]

The reason I was thinking Livery button was because of three we found on a confederate site. Two were silver plated and one was gold plated but otherwise identical to each other. We exhausted all the books so we emailed Dan Binder and he was the one who id'ed it as livery. This button is very close to those buttons.

Got pics of them?

Jim I don't have pics as one fellow dug all three. I will try and get him to post them for you. I also think they may have, or are going to be, in American Digger Magazine. Charlie Harris from American Digger is in one of our relic clubs and he also has pics. He was the one who contacted Binder.