Artillery coat button. Real or fake?

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Back mark says Dowler Birmingham

Any ideas on how to know if it’s a reproduction?

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Thanks for your input!
 

I looked in Tice's book on buttons and did not see that button with a "Dowler Birminghman" backmark, and Tice's book is the most recent comprehensive book on the subject.

I believe MCGuinn and Bazelon list that mark as post 1900.
 

Thank you for the response Smokey! I would hate to List it on Ebay for a buck and find out later it was worth a Billion!
 

I recommend that anyone that deals with buttons at all get the Bazelon and McGuinn book. I don't know how much they are anymore, but its a good investment. Dowler DID make CW buttons, but the backmark was different.
 

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