Military Button Id help

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Found this button in a field near me in Mass. Have found items from mid 1700s to present. I cant find anything online to match this exactly. It appears to have 5 stars, the letters N H on top, U S in middle and a V on the bottom. The eagle has a shield in the middle but no mark that i can make out in the shield. Also the back piece is gone, leaving just the shank. Any ideas? ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1506173396.021655.webpImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1506173411.502176.webpImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1506173422.084388.webpImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1506173437.845964.webpImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1506173446.955935.webpImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1506173459.971035.webp
 

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What is the first letter ?...V at bottom...S right hand side
Looks to be 3 piece button ?
 

Dan
What is the first letter ?...V at bottom...S right hand side
Looks to be 3 piece button ?

I think the very top left side is an N with an H on the other side for New Hampshire? Then the middle left is hard to discern but I assume its a U to make US in the middle?
 

NH would make sense to be New Hampshire. Looks like US & V for the other letters. Hmmm? Really cool old button. Might try the What Is It section for an ID.:icon_thumright:
 

NH would make sense to be New Hampshire. Looks like US & V for the other letters. Hmmm? Really cool old button. Might try the What Is It section for an ID.:icon_thumright:

Thanks for the tip. I will post it there too. I found it yesterday so thought i would start here!
 

Awesome find, congratulations! :occasion14:
 

No help here but congrats on the nice button
 

New Hampshire section of Warren K. Tice`s book
Uniform Buttons of the United States 1776-1865
No WH buttons with an Eagle on them.
Must be later.
Will keep looking !
Gary
 

New Hampshire section of Warren K. Tice`s book
Uniform Buttons of the United States 1776-1865
No WH buttons with an Eagle on them.
Must be later.
Will keep looking !
Gary

Thanks for the help!
 

New Hampshire section of Warren K. Tice`s book
Uniform Buttons of the United States 1776-1865
No WH buttons with an Eagle on them.
Must be later.
Will keep looking !
Gary
Seems to fit with my gut feeling about it being early 1900s, circa WWI era or just after.
 

Nice find! :icon_thumleft: This button is in Albert in the "Veteran's Organizations" section VN 50 for the National Home Disabled Veteran Soldiers -
 

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NICE DANG BUTTON..
 

I think the book has it wrong?
Vaughan Garrett's January 2014 Winners
''National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers''

Interesting! I just searched for both phrases and "National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers" definitely has more hits and I think that is probably more accurate - though "National Home for Disabled Veteran Soldiers" does come up too - even in the official documents.

(attached is a scan of a page from the Report of the Board of Managers c. 1880s)
 

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