Button ID

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Strange words spell something

 

[PBK]

It's a modern (20th century) blazer / fashion button made for use on sport coats, jackets, sweaters, etc. The bird, usually depicted with three legs (or a tail that looks like a third leg), is often described as a Teutonic eagle. The motto Spes Nostra Es Deus is Latin for, "God is our hope." Blazer buttons frequently feature antique-looking designs or crests, and Latin or pseudo-Latin mottoes.

This has often been misidentified as a Revolutionary War Hessian military button.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,98678.msg712949.html#msg712949

 

[vayank54]

Yep PBK is right. I've seen these listed as military buttons on ebay many times and seen dug ones mislabeled as rev. or civil war.

 

[CRUSADER]

It's a modern (20th century) blazer / fashion button made for use on sport coats, jackets, sweaters, etc. The bird, usually depicted with three legs (or a tail that looks like a third leg), is often described as a Teutonic eagle. The motto Spes Nostra Es Deus is Latin for, "God is our hope." Blazer buttons frequently feature antique-looking designs or crests, and Latin or pseudo-Latin mottoes.

This has often been misidentified as a Revolutionary War Hessian military button.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,98678.msg712949.html#msg712949