button thinky?

[oddcoins]

A friend of mine found this item under the floor boards of a turn-of-the-century house in Eugene Oregon. The front depicts images of a steam ship, soldiers with a cannon and a soldier on a horse. There's no lettering on the front, but the back is marked THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO., NEWARK, N.J.

This item is about 44 millimeters in diameter and about 4 millimeters thick, and seems to be hollow inside because it weights only a little over 7 grams.

How old is it? What did it come off of?

Neil

 

[villagenut]

Spanish American War commemorative, turn of the century. Nice one.

 

[vpnavy]

Until someone pipes in - I searched Google and found Celluloid pin back buttons from all periods... - looks similar to yours and the button back says: The Whitehead & Hoag Co.

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[A2coins]

That's a cool find you could get it put on a button backing to keep it strong and for display sweet!!Thanks for sharing!!!!