deepbeep
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Hi everybody,
I used to post here a lot. Now, although I still get out quite a bit, been very busy. It takes lots of time to do photos and posts so I have been waiting for something special to post. I finely found it! lol
In a woods on a hillside I found a very special button! Here is what I found out about it.....
After checking out the website at:
George Washington 1789 Inaugural Button I called Robert J. Silverstein, the founder of the site. He is a very accomplished expert on the George Washington button. He asked me to send pictures of the button. After recieving my pictures, he called me back. He said my button IS NOT a George Washington button, but rather in a catagory called a "patriotic" button. They were issued as a set along with the GW buttons. There were not near as many of them made as the GW, making them even more rare to find. (My blood preasure rose).
He said the flowers around the top of the button above the eagle, are morning glories. There are 13 of them, representing the 13 origianal colonies. The morning glories and eagle were the first version of the Great seal of the United States of America. This particular button was made from 1789 to 1797!
I used to post here a lot. Now, although I still get out quite a bit, been very busy. It takes lots of time to do photos and posts so I have been waiting for something special to post. I finely found it! lol
In a woods on a hillside I found a very special button! Here is what I found out about it.....
After checking out the website at:
George Washington 1789 Inaugural Button I called Robert J. Silverstein, the founder of the site. He is a very accomplished expert on the George Washington button. He asked me to send pictures of the button. After recieving my pictures, he called me back. He said my button IS NOT a George Washington button, but rather in a catagory called a "patriotic" button. They were issued as a set along with the GW buttons. There were not near as many of them made as the GW, making them even more rare to find. (My blood preasure rose).
He said the flowers around the top of the button above the eagle, are morning glories. There are 13 of them, representing the 13 origianal colonies. The morning glories and eagle were the first version of the Great seal of the United States of America. This particular button was made from 1789 to 1797!
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it's nice to see explained the type, and what it represents...I will vote banner on this now.
