eagle button solved

[shattercane]

I found this button at an old log cabin site in Kansas. I have found several smaller civil war vintage eagle buttons at this same site but this one is larger with more stuff above the eagle head. The loop on the back is welded and the back has New York Button Works. Does anyone out there have any information on this button such as the age and what branch of the military it would be from. Thankyou.

 

[duggap]

Re: eagle button

That is a great seal button. They came into existance around 1903. Yours looks to be WWII era.

 

[fyrffytr1]

Re: eagle button

Nice find. BigCypressHunter has a great thread in this forum about "Great Seal" buttons. Here's a link:
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,212590.0.html

 

[shattercane]

Re: eagle button

Nice find. BigCypressHunter has a great thread in this forum about "Great Seal" buttons. Here's a link:
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,212590.0.html

This is a great site to identify my mysterious items. Thank you all.