Rev War Button?!

[BeenFishin]

Ok. Over the past month or so ive been doing research on finding good places to hunt via an old town map from the 1700s and google maps. I chose a place that seemed promising a few days ago and have been dreaming about it since. Today i left work early and drove right to the property to ask permission. Of cource the very nice people that lived there were ok with me hunting the property, and so i hit it. Clad, clad, clad, modern button, clad. After three hours on the property, feeling defeated, and only about half an hour till the sun disappears, i decide to pack my gear up and head back home. Apon ariving home i see that the field of cover crop behind my house had been freshly cut. As the light from the "golden hour" dressed all the land with its yellow-orange-gold tint i hurridly aproached the field and started to swing. After a couple junk targets i pull up an indian head penny. The light is fading fast. I turn around at the edge of the field to do my return path to the other side and move a few feet when i get a jumpy positive signal. I dig it up and to my surprise i see a two peice button. Its old. I took out my tooth brush and gently brushed the dirt off the front to reveal a beautiful "22" surrounded by leaves. I turned it over and for sure the shank was intact. I was able to make out "london" on the bottom of the button. Can someone please confirm or dispute that this a 22nd regiment officers button from the revolutionary war? Please? Let me go to sleep?!

 

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[smokeythecat]

That's a post 1830 British Button. The three piece button was invented about that time.

 

[Gridwalker306]

I'm not sure on an ID, but it's certainly a cool button. Can't wait to see what the experts say. My gut tells me it's later than Rev War, but what do I know!

 

[bill from lachine]

Neat button here's hoping you get a positive id.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[BeenFishin]

So far im gonna go with smokey the cat. Thanks for the info. Hopefully some magic button expert can get a little more specific.

 

[CRUSADER]

It a British 22nd Regiment of Foot (Cheshire Regiment).
The button construction looks post 1850 but its hard to pin down the date because the maker/manufacturer Charles Reeves made these for a long time & the Street name in London is needed to pin it down or a book on Military buttons which I don't own.

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1853-1863[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Charles Reeves[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]8 Aire Street, Piccadilly[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1902-1909[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Charles Reeves[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]18 St Martins Street[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1910-1937[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Charles Reeves[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]9 West Street, Golden Square[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1938-1955[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Charles Reeves[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]9 Newburgh Street[/FONT]

 

[Trezurehunter]

Its a great looking military button. Congrats

 

[BeenFishin]

Thanks Crusader! And thanks everyone else for the congrats. Not revolutionary war but still old. I wonder how it got over here.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on a nice button

 

[btjbtj]

That's a beauty. Congrats! Cru is the Bomb, and he always gets it right! -Lisa & John