Rev. War Button?

[dutchtoga]

His button was found east of the Mohawk River in upstate New York. In the area we detected we found 5 musket balls some fired and others that looked dropped. This concave button is the most interesting of all because we can't seem to find anything on it. The photos are not the best but you can easily see a double head eagle with crest and a crown above its head. Any other know buttons of this style? There's no back marks and the shank is intact.

 

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[fever87]

I think double headed eagles are more of an eastern Europe type motif. Perhaps it's Russian.

Just googled it and it definitely appears to be an Imperial Russian military button

More German Buttons

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So what were Russians doing in the Mohawk Valley?

 

[Goldiver]

Here is one similar, looks to be a Russian army button.

http://www.anythinganywhere.com/commerce/military/rus-mil-imp-but-2.jpg

Steve