old brass button

Indyfan73 · Jun 6, 2009

i found this in a old camp sight that didn't yield much other than junk. nickel if for sizing

CRUSADER · Jun 6, 2009

Are you sure its a button, looks more like a pin?

IronSpike · Jun 6, 2009

'P' for pin, I agree with Crusader. Was it an eye/surface find? The brass appear in great condition.

fortbball9 · Jun 6, 2009

Could we see a pic of the back.

CRUSADER said:
Are you sure its a button, looks more like a pin?

The P that is on the item look like the P that is on the old vintage Police buttons.

fortbball9

Indyfan73 · Jun 6, 2009

fortbball9 said:
Could we see a pic of the back.

CRUSADER said:

Are you sure its a button, looks more like a pin?

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The P that is on the item look like the P that is on the old vintage Police buttons.

fortbball9

new pics and this was found at about 4 inchs i soaked in my ultrasonic cleaner with water to get the detail

Bob S · Jun 6, 2009

Nice Find WTG

allen · Jun 6, 2009

wtg on that neat find !

CRUSADER · Jun 6, 2009

fortbball9 said:
Could we see a pic of the back.

CRUSADER said:

Are you sure its a button, looks more like a pin?

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The P that is on the item look like the P that is on the old vintage Police buttons.

fortbball9

I was thinking the same thing :wink:

CRUSADER · Jun 6, 2009

plehbah said:
CRUSADER said:

fortbball9 said:

Could we see a pic of the back.

CRUSADER said:

Are you sure its a button, looks more like a pin?

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The P that is on the item look like the P that is on the old vintage Police buttons.

fortbball9

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I was thinking the same thing

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The "P" is simply in the Old English style. The police used it, as did many other people. It appears on bridle rosettes, and many love tokens in particular.

Anytime the first letter was a "P" be it a first or last name, or the word "police", they often used Old English letters. It was particularly popular during the 19th and very early 20 th centuries, at least that is what I have noticed from looking at metal detecting finds.