Is this a CS staff officer cuff button?

[DigIron2]

I found this guy yesterday and I am not sure what it is.It has similar motif as a CS staff button, but I cant seem to find anything identical.It has a strong back mark for its size "RICH COLOUR",and seems like it was made differently then most 2 piece buttons? I found it at a temporarily CS occupied farmhouse site which gives me some hope it could be ,but i don't know.If anyone has any ideas or knows,I would like to hear from you. joe

 

[Ifoundit69]

Awesome find !

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

You asked if it is a CS Staff-Officer button. Unfortunately, it isn't. It is one of the earliest versions of 2-PIECE "flatbuttons." Button-collectors call your button a "Jacksonian" button because most were manufactured during the presidency of Andrew Jackson (1829-1837).

There were many varieties of "emblems" on Jacksonian buttons... for example: an animal, flowers, a horseman, an anchor, or a railroad-engine. Some, like yours, had a "patriotic" emblem, such as an American eagle, or the Tree of Liberty, or a President's head. Some were manufactured in Britain, and some by early button-manufacturers in the US. Yours has the British spelling of the word "color" as "colour"... so it is a British-made button. See photos below.

I want to give Iron Patch credit for the group-photo. It is so excellently Educational, I saved it into my computer's Relic Images folder from one of his previous posts in T-Net's "What-Is-It?" forum.

 

[DigIron2]

You asked if it is a CS Staff-Officer button. Unfortunately, it isn't. It is one of the earliest versions of 2-PIECE "flatbuttons." Button-collectors call your button a "Jacksonian" button because most were manufactured during the presidency of Andrew Jackson (1829-1837).

There were many varieties of "emblems" on Jacksonian buttons... for example: an animal, flowers, a horseman, an anchor, or a railroad-engine. Some, like yours, had a "patriotic" emblem, such as an American eagle, or the Tree of Liberty, or a President's head. Some were manufactured in Britain, and some by early button-manufacturers in the US. Yours has the British spelling of the word "color" as "colour"... so it is a British-made button. See photos below.

I want to give Iron Patch credit for the group-photo. It is so excellently Educational, I saved it into my computer's Relic Images folder from one of his previous posts in T-Net's "What-Is-It?" forum.

Thanks CannonBall!Your knowledge on things never ceases to amaze me.I appreciate it!joe

 

[Graysondigger]

Great find! I have one very similar to that and I think you are right about it being a staff button. It was definitely made in England. Congrats!

 

[park pirate]

Great find..

 

[markp]

nice find