Marine Button

digincali · Mar 9, 2009

Found this today during a brief search of a baseball diamond. The back, which is caved in, reads Scovill MFG & Co. There is another word which i cant make out.

nova treasure · Mar 9, 2009

Re: Navy Button?

Nice Button,
it looks to me like a CW Marine button and the backmark should read : Scovill mgr.& Co.* Waterbury.

Great Find :thumbsup:

Nova Treasure

brnn53 · Mar 9, 2009

Re: Navy Button?

Yep, Marine button and a nice one!
Mike

MonkeyBoy · Mar 9, 2009

Gotta LOVE the Marine buttons!! yes.. I am biased!!

Semper Fi
MB

seger98 · Mar 9, 2009

Welcome to Treasure Net, Nice find on the button!

BuckleBoy · Mar 9, 2009

Now hold yer horses!

The style of eagle matches Albert's NA101A, but there is no rope border. The anchor is also tilted rather than straight, which matches NA101B, but again, no rope border--and there are only two manufacturers listed for NA101B--G. Floyd & Co., and C. Roth & Co.!

I'm looking at the type of backmark. Are there either dots or stars before or after the backmark? And are you sure it's MFG Co., or is it MF'G Co.?

Best Wishes,

Buckles

BuckleBoy · Mar 9, 2009

OK--I have it.

Tice lists the button as "2p., medium letters with no ring, about 1860 to 20th century"

See Tice pp34-36. The backmark is listed in Plate B-9 #7

But again, looking at the presence or absence of the rope border, and the vertical or tilted anchor might date it within that date range (which is only dated by the backmark itself). But I don't have any books that deal with post-war buttons. $:-\$

So at this point, no way to know if it's CW or not, and it likely is not--since identical buttons were made for many years after the war.

Regards,

Buckles

tymcmurray · Mar 9, 2009

Still a very good find!!!

BuckleBoy · Mar 9, 2009

tymcmurray said:
Still a very good find!!!

Most Certainly! I don't have any marines buttons in my collection. :coffee2:

digincali · Mar 9, 2009

WOW thanks so much for the info and the comments! Wish I could get a better picture of the back, but it looks like there is a dot and a star on either side of the mark. How ever old it is I am stoked to have it.