Help PBK! (button)

[goldencoin]

Hello, everyone (especially PBK)

I laid off my old haunt after the lard started looking like a minefield and went to the local school to put my DFX through more test. It passed with many coins i couldn't believe i missed. Here are the finds:

Silver plated hair clip (i think)
Old Chrysler key
old shotgun shell (probably 100 years old)
1945 wheatie
junk pendent
under a buck in clad

And an old button. It has a shield with decorations and a ribbon underneath it. The back is a rusted piece of crud, so no headstamp. Any suggestions?

HH
-GC

 

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[ModernMiner]

Very nice. Love the button.
What does the shotgun shell headstamp say?
-MM-

 

[PBK]

Hey, GC—

Some of the details are difficult to see, but I believe that it's probably a fairly modern (20th century) "blazer" button. Construction is typically thin, die-stamped copper or brass, often gilt, with a tinned iron or steel back. The backs are usually badly rusted or missing on dug examples. Many blazer buttons feature coats of arms or crests; others imitate the designs of old foreign coins. As a result, they can appear a lot older at first glance than they really are.

 

[goldencoin]

ok, i found it on a 1960's school yard. But it has many of the details of a military button. How old do you think this is?

HH
-GC

 

[PBK]

old do you think this is?

Hard to say, although it could easily be at least 50 years old. Many blazer button designs have remained in production for literally decades.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Nice hunt GC, no help on the button! HH, Mike