Any ideas on this one? Naval? Really pitted and flaking. The anchor is just a thin line. I think I see the arrows at the bottom. The top (from what I can make out) is a bit different. It's from an old site.
Man i like your button !
I can`t find it in Tice`s book "Uniform Buttons of the United States 1776-1865"
Might be in Albert`s but i think i lost mine.
That looks to be very early !
Gary
I'd never seen the V shaped stock on the anchor and so thin and plain. If it is what it looks like, then yeah I think it's pretty old. I found similar looking buttons on this site. Continental Navy! Possible?
Definitely a late-1700s Continental Navy button, shown as button NA-2A in the book "Record Of American Uniform And Historical Buttons" by Alphaeus H. Albert.
Definitely a late-1700s Continental Navy button, shown as button NA-2A in the book "Record Of American Uniform And Historical Buttons" by Alphaeus H. Albert.
Tough to say the metal. It's flaky for sure like old dug pewter and almost paper thin. Darker than the photo too, but still basically a brown color. Too bad it's so toasted.
Definitely a late-1700s Continental Navy button, shown as button NA-2A in the book "Record Of American Uniform And Historical Buttons" by Alphaeus H. Albert.