Marine Corps button, Pullman button

[deldave]

Both of these buttons were found in the same area as a 1907 Indian. Southern Delaware cornfield, Garrett 250. The Marine button was made by D. Evans (same size as Pullman) and the other was Waterbury I think. Thanks for the time. deldave

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

Buttons with the D. Evans & Co. backmark were manufactured from 1848 through 1945. However, your US Marines button has "black finish" on its brass body, which indicates it is from the World War One era. That "fits" with the time-period your 1907 penny was in use.

The Pullman button is a "Career Uniform" button of the Pullman Palace Car Company. Pullman not only manufactured railroad "sleeping-cars," the company staffed them with employees called Pullman Porters. Your button is from the uniform of one of those porters. It is most probably from the 1920s through the 1950s. (The earlier part also fits in with your 1907 penny's time of use.) For detailed info, go here (and be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the page to see a Pullman Porter in his brass-buttoned uniform): Pullman Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[deldave]

Thank you my friend! I will be spending 4-5 hours tomorrow in the same area. Just walking distance from my home.