ID Help with buttons....

[robberry]

Dug these 2 nice buttons today....one is gold gilt, has eagle holding a shield with anchor in it. says " No.2 Fine Gilt" on the back. The other is eagle and above the eagle it has " A V C" . The back reads (I think) " Halfman/Montgomery" some help plzzzz! The penny is for size ....
Sorry about the poor scan...first time using it...lol

 

[Felinepeachy]

The AVC button is an Alabama Volunteer Corps button from the civil war.
The other one looks like a Federal Navy button for US Navy officers.

 

[umrgolf]

DANG!!!! That AVC is clutch! Those do not turn up often at all! My diggin pard got one last year, and I think yours is the same size as his.. a large cuff or vest size button.. helluva find btw, peachy was dead on with the id's .. the navy button dates to the 1820's-1830's


quote from relicman.com

"Button depicts eagle with wings in relaxed position, "AVC" above, manufactured before the war, intended for troops from Alabama. Backmark: "E. HALFMANN / (dot) MONTGOMERY AL (dot) ", dm two inner solid rings, Scovill produced ca 1860, only for small size buttons, (HalfmannE03). Two part convex button, hat or sleeve size, gilded."

 

[robberry]

thx folks.....awesome to hear about the AVC button....now about the navy button...I've been doing research on the net and I cant seem to find one that has "No.2, Fine Gilt" ?? any thing on that?