✅ SOLVED Time frame on staff button

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Your US Army Staff Officer uniform cuff-size button has what button-collectors call the "extra-wide" version of applied rim, which was rarely seen before the 1870s but became very popular afterward. The "Staff Officer" 3-piece button was discontinued in 1902 (replaced by the Great-Seal-of-the-US button), so IMHO your button dates from sometime between the late-1870s and 1901.

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I can't help but it's a nice button!! Congrats!!
 

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Your US Army Staff Officer uniform cuff-size button has what button-collectors call the "extra-wide" version of applied rim, which was rarely seen before the 1870s but became very popular afterward. The "Staff Officer" 3-piece button was discontinued in 1902 (replaced by the Great-Seal-of-the-US button), so IMHO your button dates from sometime between the late-1870s and 1901.
 

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Nick79

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Ill take your word for it! Thank you for the help!
Your US Army Staff Officer uniform cuff-size button has what button-collectors call the "extra-wide" version of applied rim, which was rarely seen before the 1870s but became very popular afterward. The "Staff Officer" 3-piece button was discontinued in 1902 (replaced by the Great-Seal-of-the-US button), so IMHO your button dates from sometime between the late-1870s and 1901.
 

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