Help with pewter eagle button

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I found this button at my old fort premission, I see eagle on it , wondering how old is this button 20210412_134023.webp20210412_134032.webp20210412_134049.webp
 

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Don't know the age, but nice save!!
 

Cast 1-piece pewter US Army Infantry "eagle-buttons" date from the 1820s into the very-early 1830s. Yours has a huge crude loop, so it is 1820s, not 30s. Your find is the very rare "cuff" size (15mm), which is shown as button GI-77v in the Albert book on American Uniform Buttons.
 

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What is it worth ??
 

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