Chicken eagle button

[dfx-kevin]

only heard about these, any idea as to the date/price?​

 

[HutSiteDigger]

Here is the same one: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/136304-eagle-button-railroad-key-silver-thimble.html according to this poster who asked William Leigh a Civil War artifact expert - William said "it is WWI vintage and is to my understanding some kind of auxilary military button."

 

[Jayman931]

I don't know but it is pretty cool! Looking forward to hearing more about it.

 

[AU Seeker]

Does this button have any markings on the back?

 

[dfx-kevin]

No mark on back , instead of round shank, there is a squared off one

 

[fyrffytr1]

Can you please post a picture of the back?

 

[dfx-kevin]

Gimmie an hr n half. Just got off work

 

[dfx-kevin]

I've found several old buttons with backs like these. So what time period are we lookin at?

 

[HutSiteDigger]

WWI time frame...

 

[dfx-kevin]

So we say turn of the century. Huh?

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Sorry, but not that old. The early-20th-Century version of the "self-shank" back on buttons was a simple dome with a hole drilled through it. Your square pressed-&-formed self-shank is approximately 1940s-to-present (still being made and sold today). See photos below, showing Sportscoat buttons currently for sale on Ebay. Note the little triangular tabs under the loop, exactly like your button. Also note the buttons' very wide wide nearly-vertical edge, like yours.

 

[dfx-kevin]

Thanks I was wondering

 

[Vonclemen29]

Pretty cool find, never seen one. Weather is good down here now, it's time to get out an do some huntin.