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[justtryingitout]

Found this at a park in Florida. I see a few like it on the web but no exact match. Any help would be great.

 

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[CRUSADER]

Tag.
That's a new one on me.
Look forward to the ID.

 

[CRUSADER]

Lemon juice will help clean that one up better.

 

[trapperart]

No help here but congrats

 

[nhbenz]

This has to be related to the Department of the Treasury, yet even though there's an anchor it isn't from the Cutter Service, which also has most of the same elements.

 

[fyrffytr1]

I don't know about the front but the backmark dates it between 1859 and 1893.

 

[fyrffytr1]

It closely resembles a Revenue Cutter Service button as shown in the link. Maybe it is different because of the manufacturer. None pictured in the link have the same maker although there are a few Horstmann and Alliens. A little bit of trivia here: it was called the Revenue Marine service until 1894.

Ridgeway Civil War Archive Buttons from Federal Revenue Cutter.

 

[Appalachianman76]

Congrats on the nice button find!

 

[justtryingitout]

It does look like the button in the link but a little different. I can't find one with crosses on the chevron rather than stars.

 

[against the wind]

I think it is definitely a US Purser's button

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Interesting find, congratulations!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice looking button.

 

[nhbenz]

More here in post #8: US Military Uniform Buttons Interesting Facts - MISCELLANEOUS / OTHER - U.S. Militaria Forum

 

[justtryingitout]

nhbenz too bad the picture in that forum was a little low resolution. It looks like a combination of the second and third on the top row. The second has no U and S on the either side (like the one I found) and the third has what could be 7 crosses on the chevron (also like the one I found). The best guess so far is the revenue cutter service but I wonder what year.

 

[justtryingitout]

I found a better picture on this link of the front Ridgeway Civil War Archive Buttons from Federal Revenue Cutter. . Item number
B4223 , however it has a different back.