two more buttons need help ww1, 2

vanoldschool · Feb 18, 2012

one with stars and one with eagle stars and fouled anchor...

TheCannonballGuy · Feb 18, 2012

The first "button" is a "rivet-button" from coveralls. Some of the ones with the stars on them are military-used, and some are not.

The second button is a US Marine Corps button. That particular emblem has been in use on US Marine Corps buttons since 1821 ...and it is still in use today. So, we'll need to see a good clear close-up photo of that button's back -- and any maker's-mark ("backmark") on its back -- to be able to give you an idea of that button's time-period.

TheCannonballGuy · Feb 19, 2012

I found a photo I had saved long ago in my computer's folder of World War 2 military gear. The photo shows one of the "rivet-buttons" (with 13 stars) on the herringbone-twill cloth coveralls.

For anybody who doesn't already know... unlike typical clothing-buttons, a "rivet-button" doesn't have a loop on its back for sewing it onto the clothing. This type of button is riveted onto the cloth, not sewed onto it. A "rivet-button" is what many brands of bluejean-pants have for buttoning the pants waist closed at the top of the zipper.

vanoldschool · Feb 24, 2012

TheCannonballGuy said:
The first "button" is a "rivet-button" from coveralls. Some of the ones with the stars on them are military-used, and some are not.

The second button is a US Marine Corps button. That particular emblem has been in use on US Marine Corps buttons since 1821 ...and it is still in use today. So, we'll need to see a good clear close-up photo of that button's back -- and any maker's-mark ("backmark") on its back -- to be able to give you an idea of that button's time-period.

The Second button (Marine Corp) has a screw back post.

Bigcypresshunter · Feb 24, 2012

TheCannonballGuy said:
I found a photo I had saved long ago in my computer's folder of World War 2 military gear. The photo shows one of the "rivet-buttons" (with 13 stars) on the herringbone-twill cloth coveralls.

For anybody who doesn't already know... unlike typical clothing-buttons, a "rivet-button" doesn't have a loop on its back for sewing it onto the clothing. This type of button is riveted onto the cloth, not sewed onto it. A "rivet-button" is what many brands of bluejean-pants have for buttoning the pants waist closed at the top of the zipper.

I found this in my files.