Military eagle whatsit

[Gary66]

This thing is paper thin and I've been wanting some ID for quite a bit..any info or guess would be appreciated.

It looks like there was a spot at the top that a ribbon could have gone thru.

Found on land G.W owned.

 

[Gary66]

All the views and not one guess....

You smart peeps all go take a nap? j/k

 

[NOLA_Ken]

well just a guess, but it looks like the front of a two piece button. Hopefully the button guys will come along and put their minds to it.

 

[Sky Pilot]

I think it looks like a Revolutionary War button, but I have no links right now.

Someone will identify it soon!


Sky Pilot

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Gary66 wrote:
> All the views and not one guess....
> You smart peeps all go take a nap? j/k

Whenever an object's ID isn't obvious, "smart peeps" (at least, the ones who've been replying to "What is it?" posts for a long-long time) know better than to waste their time wild-guessing when the poster provides only one photo, with nothing in it for scale, and the poster fails to provide size-measurement. Furthermore, providing only one photo giving a "straight-down-on-it" view of an object does not show whether its form is flat or domed or concave.

Perhaps this forum's ID-helpers will do more than just view the single photo and move on to the next post in the forum when you provide additional photos, showing a side-view of the object, and it's back, and give an accurate measurement of it.

Remember, folks, this forum's ID-helpers are trying to do you a favor. Please don't carelessly make that "job" more difficult for them.

 

[Gary66]

Man instead of sounding so angry, a simple "please provide additional photo's in such and such a way" would have worked.

I would be glad to provide additional pics including side and showing scale.

And TCG...Having an attitude because of a crappy day or whatever does not mean we want to share it with you, save it for your wife.

Thanks
Gary

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Check the timestamps on posts #1 and #2. Having to sit through 113 minutes without getting an ID-answer to his single photo, which he posted with no size info, prompts his snide complaint in post #2. (Putting "j/k" after it doesn't make it any less snide.) His next post (#6) says I've got an "attitude" ...which I should take out on my wife.

113 minutes is apparently an agonizingly long time for today's teenagers to wait without getting what they want.

 

[kracer55]

I guess my skin must be too thick.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

well just a guess, but it looks like the front of a two piece button. Hopefully the button guys will come along and put their minds to it.

I think it looks like a Revolutionary War button, but I have no links right now.

Someone will identify it soon!


Sky Pilot

I see some members are leaning towards a button. We live in the "Information Age", the age of computers, where everyone wants answers quickly but its really not time productive to search buttons without knowing at least the size of this item.




What does "j/k" mean?
ADDED: never mind, I googled it. (just playing)

 

[CRUSADER]

not sure what all the fuss is about, clearly the size of the weave of the cloth gives you the size

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

How many threads per centimeter is this weave?

 

[hammered]

It might be the weft of the weave thats throwing me off , but the item looks a bit like a watch fob to me. Similar to the one in the attached picture.

 

[Kieth-Tx]

If it is a button....I could not locate an exact match in Alberts button book.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I looked at about 500 eagle buttons designs.

http://www.waterburybutton.com/cart...dSupplier=0&withStock=&IDBrand=0&order=3&SKU=
...and this is the closest match.

I would say its not military. Its probably not even a button. Judging by the broken attachment point and the amount of weaves per centimeter on the table cloth, a thin pressed brass eagle design piece from a watch fob sounds about right... but I could be wrong.

 

[Montana Jim]

Gary,

Are those roman numerals at the bottom of that piece?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I change my mind. If the size is right, I think its the Waterbury button design I posted. Its very corroded I cant read the numerals at the bottom. Am I a peep? :P

Its listed as a GEODETIC SURVEY career uniform button (The Eagle is sitting on a globe) http://www.waterburybutton.com/cart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=0&idproduct=18197

 

[Montana Jim]

Your eagles are different Big Cy - no shield, straight legs, level head. Might be an older version?

Looks like a globe at the feet - good eye on that part.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

It looks different but may just be the corrosion. The head I think is the same and it may have a shield. It seems to be missing the lines. Heres one on eBay from B. Pasquale with a level head..
http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-COAST-AND-...DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19c3161e6f&x=55&y=12

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I see now my head is taller but still maybe a different manufacturer or version.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Heres another button with a much larger globe. http://cgi.ebay.com/FD57-Uniform-Button-COAST-AND-GEODETIC-SURVEY-/350432265918

It says Shown and documented as FD57 in RECORD OF AMERICAN UNIFORM & HISTORICAL BUTTONS by Alphaeus Albert

Now if this item is 2 inches in diameter, its not a button.