Button I.D. help

[RKinOI]

Dug this button in a vacant lot in Gastonia N.C.. I was wondering if its military and from what time period? Thanks RK

 

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[trk5capt]

Looks Like It Could Be A Texas 2 Piece Beveled Five Pointed Star, Confederate, CW Era. trk5capt...

 

[dugupfinds]

Looks Like It Could Be A Texas 2 Piece Beveled Five Pointed Star, Confederate, CW Era. trk5capt...

Seems likely.

 

[Montana Jim]

I don't think it looks like any Texas buttons I've seen... usually it says "t e x a s" around the button between the points, or, without the letters and just the star. Your button has a different looking star - kinda like a star fish and not a big flat star like I've seen.

Again... not an expert, just never seen the CW Texas star button that looked like that...

However - trk5capt does know what he's talking about when it comes to CW stuff... and I'm just throwing guesses.

 

[PBK]

This appears to be very similar to one of the star buttons attributed to the Maine Militia, and listed by Albert as #ME 4C.

 

[trk5capt]

This appears to be very similar to one of the star buttons attributed to the Maine Militia, and listed by Albert as #ME 4C.

PBK, I Thought The Same as You, But I Don't See The Embossed Lines On The Star, Maybe My Eyes Are Just Going Bad. Still An Interesting Find. trk5capt...

 

[PBK]

This appears to be very similar to one of the star buttons attributed to the Maine Militia, and listed by Albert as #ME 4C.

PPK, I Thought The Same as You, But I Don't See The Embossed Lines On The Star, Maybe My Eyes Are Just Going Bad. Still An Interesting Find. trk5capt...

Same here, which is why I said, "..very similar." Might be an unlisted variant. (Tice has a couple of others, but they're lined, too.) Then again, might just be a stock/generic pattern button. However, the Maine Militia buttons are the only ones I can find with a beveled star and the same type of rim as on RKinOI's.