Any ideas....On Button, Buckle, or Gozonta?

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[Montana Jim]

#1 US Army Great Seal General Service button (1902 - present)

#2 Horse halter buckle

#3 Hinge plate (door/cupboard)

Maybe.

 

[outraged]

I figured the button may be older because every other one ive seen was a 2 piece...this one is a one piece....It was found next to a foundation of a home that burned in 1868. I had to walk 2 miles into the woods for this sucker...grrr...haha

 

[Montana Jim]

I figured the button may be older because every other one ive seen was a 2 piece...this one is a one piece....It was found next to a foundation of a home that burned in 1868. I had to walk 2 miles into the woods for this sucker...grrr...haha

I understand... one piece or two, this design was first used in 1902... now, is there a back mark or any other feature that might help determine the button's age?

 

[outraged]

I figured the button may be older because every other one ive seen was a 2 piece...this one is a one piece....It was found next to a foundation of a home that burned in 1868. I had to walk 2 miles into the woods for this sucker...grrr...haha

I understand... one piece or two, this design was first used in 1902... now, is there a back mark or any other feature that might help determine the button's age?

All i can read is evans? or evan.....It is very hard to see...I will soak it in olive oil for a day

 

[PBK]

Jim's right about the button, of course: U.S. Army "Great Seal" general service button, c. 1902-present.

The backmark is probably "D. EVANS & CO.," a firm which operated for nearly a century, from about 1848 to 1945.

 

[Montana Jim]

LOL... Um, hello PBK! I was about to say:


Back Mark: "D. EVANS & CO." 1848-1945

So if this is the back mark, yours is from 1902-1945.

Still a great find!