🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Belgian Coat of Arms button?

Too3zln

Greenie
Joined
Feb 22, 2020
Messages
17
Reaction score
46
Golden Thread
0
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Found this detecting at a park in Nebraska. Doing some light internet searching tells me this is the Belgian coat of arms. I can't find any definitive information about it. I didn't want to scrub it because of the gilt, and have since given it away. Thanks for any help.
20241018_104304.webp
20241018_104310.webp
20241018_104319.webp
20241018_113716.webp
 

Agree it's a blazer button with borrowed heraldry.

It’s not the Belgian coat of arms, which would have the motto “L'union fait la force” in French or “Eendracht maakt macht” in Dutch (both meaning “Unity Is Strength”).

The motto seems to be an incorrect rendition of the motto used on the coat of arms of the Kingdom of the Netherlands since 1815. It should read “Je Maintiendrai” (meaning “I will Maintain”) but it seems to be a mis-spelling or variation of that, which confirms it’s not an official button.

The nine provinces in the southern part of the Kingdom, calling themselves “Belgians” seceded from it in the 1830 revolution, leading to an independent Belgium finally being recognised in 1839. Belgium used essentially the same armorial as the Netherlands did prior to the separation of the southern provinces, but with one or other of the “Unity Is Strength” mottoes in reference to the solidarity of the now-independent provinces that united to become modern Belgium.
 

Upvote 3
Thanks for the replies. I have found a seller on ebay with similar buttons. Vintage they are not.
 

Upvote 1

Top Member Reactions

Users who are viewing this thread

Back
Top Bottom