Button Help

[artyfacts]

This button is 5/8 of an inch wide. Looking for any info. Thanks, Arty

 

[johnnyblaze]

Navy button i think...War of 1812



Blaze

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

United States Navy. Emblem specified by a US Naval Department order on October 26, 1798, "an eagle, with shield on [its] left wing, enclosing a foul anchor." A followup order in 1802 specified that the eagle be encircled by stars.

Your button's 13 statrs and the backmark saying "No. 4 Spies/JM/ Treble Gilt" means your button is NA-44Bv in the Albert button-book. The "Spies" in the backmark is Adam W. Spies, of Birmingham England, but also with a branch office in New York City. Spies was in the button business only from 1827 to 1835, which conclusively dates your button to those years.

 

[artyfacts]

Thanks for the positive ID CannonballGuy. Arty

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

You're welcome, Arty. I should have added... you have the cuff-size version (which you measured at 5/8-inch). The coat-size version of it is about 7/8-inch (23mm).