Old Button found at WWI camp

[ScubaGold]

Anyone have any idea as to what this button represents? It appears to have the letters "jel" and what might be a large "a". I dug it from a WWI training fort that operated between 1916 and 1918. See pics of front and back.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

It appears to be the "head" of a rivetbutton, from overalls or other work-clothes. Nowadays, most frequently seen as the waist-closure "button" on blue-jeans. Rivetbuttons have been in continuous use since the late-1800s. Based on where you found it, yours is probably from the early-1900s.

 

[nhbenz]

I can only add that it seems to say "Angel"

 

[bigfoot1]

looks like modern cheaply made to me...a simple guess

 

[ScubaGold]

looks like modern cheaply made to me...a simple guess

Yea, probably cheap, but I am simply interested in what it is.