Polish one piece military button....I think...?

[Bedrock Bryan]

Found in the Marysville California area. I think I’m correct but want more information and confirmation. Thanks all.

 

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[Retired Sarge]

Looks like a Polish Eagle, but I'm not finding an example of that button......Which doesn't mean much, just means I'm not looking hard enough probably!

 

[Retired Sarge]

OK, I'm lost here, I've looked at Austro-Hungarian, Prussian, Polish, Imperial Russian, etc with no match thus far.

 

[ToddsPoint]

That looks to me like a Tyrolean (Austria) eagle. The give away is the little shamrock shaped things on the eagles wings. My family came from South Tyrol in 1895. In 1915 South Tyrol became part of Italy. So, am I Austrian or Italian? Gary

 

[Bedrock Bryan]

ToddsPoint....thank you, I’ll pursue this lead. A friend found this solid one piece button. My experience says one piece buttons are usually at least pre 1860s or so.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Bedrock Bryan wrote:
> My experience says one piece buttons are usually at least pre 1860s or so.

Well... that's true, but "usually" is a long way from always. A great many 1-piece metal buttons have been manufactured in the Modern Era, for Fashion clothing, and they can easily be found by examining the buttons on various coats and jackets at any major Clothing store.

Most often, the modern-era metal 1-piece buttons are made of various cheap "White-Metal" alloys (such as pot-metal, or aluminum, or zinc). Also, they tend to have a "tombstone" shank, with a hole drilled through it. That type of shank seems to be visible on your 1-piece white-metal eagle button. Also, note that it appears to have a perfectly flat back, which is another sign of a modern-era 1-piece button.

Please clean all the dirt off your button's back, and post several photos showing it, shot from different angles. Thanks in advance for the effort.

 

[Bedrock Bryan]

Thank you, TheCannonballGuy. I’ll get the contact that found it to photograph it better plus clean it up....[emoji41][emoji106][emoji631]

 

[Bedrock Bryan]

Best photos I received

 

[crashbandicoot]

That looks to me like a Tyrolean (Austria) eagle. The give away is the little shamrock shaped things on the eagles wings. My family came from South Tyrol in 1895. In 1915 South Tyrol became part of Italy. So, am I Austrian or Italian? Gary

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American?

 

[Bedrock Bryan]

Solved....enough...