✅ SOLVED Flat button ID help???

flyinryan2 · Oct 24, 2012

I found this flat button Monday with my two LC's (1817,1818) and it had different back marks then i have been finding on this property. It says "Independence and Commerce". Could it be a political button, if so how old do you think it is?
Thank you.
Ryan.

TheCannonballGuy · Oct 24, 2012

War-of-1812 era patriotic button. At that time, due to the second war with Britain, America's independence and commerce were in danger. Britain's interference with American maritime commerce and ships was what started the war. War of 1812 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

flyinryan2 · Oct 24, 2012

TheCannonballGuy said:
War-of-1812 era patriotic button. At that time, due to the second war with Britain, America's independence and commerce were in danger. Britain's interference with American maritime commerce and ships was what started the war. War of 1812 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thank you!!! I searched and searched and could not find anything on it, i must not know how to use google? :icon_scratch:

? So this is an American made flat button. Almost all the other buttons have been British made that we have found on this property, this is the first non British button that i have found. Thanks for the research.