**George Washington Inaugural Button 1802-1808 Artillery, 1st Regiment**

[☠️🏴☠️SCOLINO🏴☠️☠️]

Very tough button to find for collectors. Apparently this is a rare button. Armitage most likely produced these for officers. The buttons pattern depicts an Eagle facing right with upraised wings. On the eagle's chest is a slanted Federal Shield with regiments number, "1" set on a lined field. the eagle is standing on a short length ringed cannon with a large muzzle that points to the left. The cannon's carriage extends past the carriage's wheel. There are five decorative carriage bolts illustrated in the footing. The carriage's wheel is oval shaped with eight spokes. these are not decorative lug nuts depicted on the wheel. Under the cannon's muzzle is six cannon balls in a pyramidal shape on the ground. in the bottom legend, the abbreviation for Regiment, "REGt." in roman font capital letters Reverse button analysis: this is a slightly concave flat one-piece button with an omega style shank. ARMITAGE PHILa within a 2 ringed rm channel/ BEST QUALITY rm.

Also, 1814 Classic Head Liberty One Large Cent. Decent detail with date. Few other miscellaneous buttons.

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[PetesPockets55]

Very nice piece of history and great info.
Congratulations.

 

[MSpeiser]

Awesome finds.

 

[Hawks88]

Nice saves and thanks for sharing the photos and info. Congrats

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Outstanding find, congrats!

 

[Gene Mean]

Incredible and beautiful find! Nice ID. Wish we could go back and see who dropped it.

 

[vpnavy]

OUT·STAND·ING finds. Thanks for sharing...

 

[Lost Signal]

Well done!

 

[RVRoamer76]

Excellent! That is one very hard find and a rarity to dig. Glad you saved that one and thank you for sharing it here. Congrats!!

 

[Rookster]

That's what im talking about. Great finds