Button Help?

[RiverRat3]

Hello, the object in the top two photographs was found today. It looks like it reads "States" along the bottom but I'm not sure. I was wondering if it was a button or piece to a suspender. The next two photo's is a button I purchased today at an antique store. It has a little bit of weight to it and is solid. It had a note that it was excavated. Was getting input if the button was real or not. I didn't sink that much money into it and wasn't much of a gamble. Thanks and happy hunting.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The item marked "States" appears to be an overalls or suspenders rivet-stud, for attaching a strap.

There is no exact match in either the Albert or Tice books on American Military buttons for your 2-piece ironbacked "A" button, so I must conclude that it is a 20th-century Reproduction.

Getting more specific about no "exact" match... notice the extreme skinny-ness all the parts of the A on your button. Usually on CS artillery buttons, the right-side leg of the A is double or triple the width of the left-side leg. The only near-match for the precise shape of your button's A is a "lined-A" CS Artillery button -- but there isn't even the slightest trace of lines inside the letter on your button.

 

[RiverRat3]

The item marked "States" appears to be an overalls or suspenders rivet-stud, for attaching a strap.

There is no exact match in either the Albert or Tice books on American Military buttons for your 2-piece ironbacked "A" button, so I must conclude that it is a 20th-century Reproduction.

Getting more specific about no "exact" match... notice the extreme skinny-ness all the parts of the A on your button. Usually on CS artillery buttons, the right-side leg of the A is double or triple the width of the left-side leg. The only near-match for the precise shape of your button's A is a "lined-A" CS Artillery button -- but there isn't even the slightest trace of lines inside the letter on your button.

Thanks for your help. I guess I should stick to my gut feeling next time.