Button I.D. "N&W"

[dcooper1]

Button I.D. "N&W"

Any ideas. There is no backmark, the back is severly corroded and appears to be iron ??
You can see a little bit of gold left between the letters.
Thanks.

 

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[DaChief]

Re: Button I.D. "N&W"

I answered this on your other post but you may not see it.

I believe it is from the Norfolk and Western Railway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk_and_Western_Railway

 

[creskol]

Re: Button I.D. "N&W"

I don't know if you ever got a proper ID on this button or not, but it is a work clothes button off of a jacket or a pair of bib overalls made by the now defunct N&W Company, a clothing company that was located in Lynchburg, VA. There was no affiliation between it and the Norfolk & Western Railway.
Below is a photograph with a brief description of a jacket made by the N&W Company

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Re: Button I.D. "N&W"

You had to ID it again Creskol!

 

[creskol]

Re: Button I.D. "N&W"

You had to ID it again Creskol!

You caught that, did ya?

 

[relicminer]

Re: Button I.D. "N&W"

I work for NS (Norfolk Southern) railroad, and just wanted to say it is definitely a Norfolk and Western button, that's awesome would love to find one, congratulations!!!!

 

[VOL1266-X]

Re: Button I.D. "N&W"

Glad to see you are digging again Dave. Nice button. HH, Quindy.
p.s. Doug (Dman) is out of control as alaways-LOL.

 

[creskol]

Re: Button I.D. "N&W"

I work for NS (Norfolk Southern) railroad, and just wanted to say it is definitely a Norfolk and Western button, that's awesome would love to find one, congratulations!!!!

If it is, then it's an unlisted one, and the only one I have seen that has a tin/iron back with a brass face.
So far as I know, they were made of nickel.

I imagine the one posted above looked like this one, which is an N&W work clothes button.

 

[lost hunter]

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[ncsilverspider]

Re: Button I.D. "N&W"

I work for NS (Norfolk Southern) railroad, and just wanted to say it is definitely a Norfolk and Western button, that's awesome would love to find one, congratulations!!!!

That is an awesome find! Why can't I find anything rr related while metal detecting? I find most of my stuff with my eyes! You work for NS? What division? Do you have any rr collectibles like lanterns, papers, etc? I am trying to get a seperate forum for anything rr related. You can reply what you think in the TNET Suggestion box in the topic " anyhting rr related" Good luck!

 

[caleb]

Re: Button I.D. "N&W"

Awesome find.

 

[oldsalty19]

Re: Button I.D. "N&W"

interesting

 

[creskol]

Re: Button I.D. "N&W"

Maybe these will help to convince that this is not a railroad button.

 

[ncsilverspider]

Re: Button I.D. "N&W"

Maybe these will help to convince that this is not a railroad button.

Huh... Well, honestly don't know now. Didn't even know those existed. Good research, Creskol. Still a good find!

 

[mountaindetector]

I know this is an old thread but I found one of these buttons yesterday at a 1920's sawmill/lumber yard site I've been searching. It looks just like the one creskol shows above. I'm in the process of cleaning it now. I'll post a picture when I am done.

In my research I did find this information about the N&W Overall Company. It's a quote from a Government document of Historical Places in Lynchburg VA.

"The N&W Overall Company began manufacturing overalls (probably in Roanoke) for the Norfolk & Western Railroad in
1900 (hence the name)."

Here is a link to the document - http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registe...Kemper_Street_Industrial_HD_2008_NR_final.pdf
This quote is on page 20 of the document.

I thought it was interesting that this fact seems to make this button connected to both clothing and railroad.

 

[mountaindetector]

I just found where creskol had this same information on another thread that is a little newer.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/158341-rivets-coveralls-next-civil-war-bullet-solved.html

Still pretty interesting stuff.