🔎 UNIDENTIFIED OK guys I’m trying

Truth

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fyrffytr1

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I looked through 21 pages of fire department buttons on the Waterbury website and did not find one remotely similar to Truth's. And, a search of Maltese crosses didn't show anything close either. A search for iron cross turned up nothing.
Here's the link to Waterbury if anyone else wants to look.

 

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Truth

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Can you get a better picture of the back side so maybe we can see what it says ?
I sure will Gare I’m going to take better pictures. It says Burberry Button Co. I’ve been looking through all the Google images and I haven’t seen one like it. It’s frustrating but educational at same time
 

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Gare

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Presently using Deus 2's & have Minelabs, Nokta's Tesoro's DEus's Have them all . Have WAY to many need to get rid of some
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Can you get a better picture of the back side so maybe we can see what it says ?
 

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ticndig

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Maltese cross button , I see some that look the same on e-bay but seller doesn't know what they're from.
seller want's 7 bucks for them , may be a great deal or maybe not?
 

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CreakyDigger

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American eagle in an Iron cross...I like dingode's suggestion. Some type of service.

As I get looking around, the Maltese cross is often featured in firefighting gear.

Here is a sample.
 

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fyrffytr1

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I just looked through 40 pages of buttons using just the word "Eagle" and didn't find anything.
 

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Gare

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Presently using Deus 2's & have Minelabs, Nokta's Tesoro's DEus's Have them all . Have WAY to many need to get rid of some
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Does it say what years it was used?
Great Job Charlie P and NICE FIND Truth :)
Thanks Truth for the extra picture :)
 

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Doubter in MD

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Does it say what years it was used?
I think you can still buy them. From the website:

"The Pattern #11124 – VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars button is a Career Uniform button that can come in ligne sizes of 24,36 and can be finished in one of the following: Gold, Nickel, Silver, Silver Oxide, Gilt Oxide, Chrome, Two-tone, Gunmetal. Send for inquiry"
 

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Charlie P. (NY)

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Huh! Spanish-American War. Just after that (1898) is when the VFW was created. Nice find!
 

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Truth

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Apr 13, 2016
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Abita Springs La....Born in New Orleans
🥇 Banner finds
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🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
EQUINOX 800
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
I looked through 21 pages of fire department buttons on the Waterbury website and did not find one remotely similar to Truth's. And, a search of Maltese crosses didn't show anything close either. A search for iron cross turned up nothing.
Here's the link to Waterbury if anyone else wants to look.

fyrffytr1: I appreciate all your help and I did noticed just now that somebody got it but I didn’t wanna leave you out I appreciate all the work you put in let me go see what this thing is lol
 

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