Bell System Button

[SilverCoinHound]

Bell System Button. Dates to 1920’s-30’s.

 

[russau]

That's the first one of these I've seen . Nice find !

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Cool find - it's also the first one I've ever seen - congrats !

 

[Mackaydon]

Great save !!
Collectibility: Vintage "Bell System" uniform buttons stamped with WATERBURY BUTTON CO on the back are heavily sought after by telecommunication and vintage hardware collectors.
AI assisted.
Don in SoCal.

 

[Nathan W]

Cool, never seen that one either

 

[Silvermonkey]

Given to long term employees for hitting milestones in years employed. Dates to 1920’s-30’s for employee from 1890’s-1930’s.

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That is a very neat, and unusual find . Congrats to you.

 

[AU Seeker]

I'm finding it hard to find many buttons like this online, even photos and none for sale...BUT I haven't found any reference to them being issued for years of service, instead only references to them only being uniform buttons.

That being said there are "pins" that were given out for years of service, they had stars on them 1 star for every 5 years of service, here's a few photo of various ones, some of the ones made were GF(gold filled) and some are actually solid gold, all of these are 10k solid gold.

 

[SilverCoinHound]

I'm finding it hard to find many buttons like this online, even photos and none for sale...BUT I haven't found any reference to them being issued for years of service, instead only references to them only being uniform buttons.

I think you’re right. That makes sense, I edited the original post. Thanks for the input.

 

[creskol]

That's a might nice and unusual button! That's the fist one I recall seeing.

 

[creskol]

Is your button on Ebay?

 

[oldmxrat]

That's a great find, congrats!

 

[jewelerguy]

that's cool!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice button find.