Info on this button please

[Jason in TN]

Dug this today at a pounded civil war site. Also got 5 bullets and a henry cartridge. I have never dug a button like this any info on age and what troops if any may have worn this button. Says imperial standard on the back and Exe---or or somthing like that under the eagle.

Jason

 

[RELICDUDE07]

New york militia 1 piece with rope edging..(Excelsior ) buttton dates to around 1808 to 1820 nice find..

 

[Jason in TN]

Thanks. must have been lost by a civil war solder. Found it where there was a small skirmish.
Thanks for the info. Any other info on the net pictures, value. I will look around thanks again.

Jason

 

[RELICDUDE07]

Its older then civil war.Try and search google for it ,i found it in my book..Goodluck

 

[hogge]

Hi Jason, Found 1 of these a few days ago and posted it. The back of mine is different from yours. You can look at it on the second page of todays finds. NICE find! HOGGE

 

[Jason in TN]

Thanks again for the info.

Jason

 

[RELICDUDE07]

Those buttons can be worth some good money ..You need to try and soak it or clean it, but be careful dont scratch at it..relicdude

 

[ivan salis]

war of 1812 era "chicken neck" type button --it was a a very very old button if lost during the civil war -- (40 to 45 years after its issue --in 1820* up to as much as 57 years old if it was issued in 1808 *)--- confederates used any buttons they could find esp later on in the war --

 

[Jason in TN]

Thanks Ivan. This button was found in a area where both confederate and union troops were located at one time or another. Could have been some ones son wearing there fathers jacket of to war I would guess.

Jason