USMA button

[Whatdayagot]

Don't know if this is old or the significance of the design found at the 1700 s house West Point approx 15 miles from site

 

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[Hot diggity]

Cool military button! Congrats!

 

[sutphin]

BOY I THOUGHT IT WAS A HEM WEIGHT BUT NOW IM NOT SURE UNLESS ITS MILITARY RELATED . DANG NICE FIND NEW MEMBER .....

 

[Hot diggity]

I'm just assuming United States military academy. West point. Looks early for them. Mid to late 1800's? Only guessing.

 

[Hot diggity]

Google image search your finds. Usually find info. That's a good one! Maybe it was Gen. Lee's or Grants! Lol. Possible though...

 

[Whatdayagot]

I'm just assuming United States military academy. West point. Looks early for them. Mid to late 1800's? Only guessing.

Cool thanks I live very close to West Point I will find out and let u know what they say

 

[Hot diggity]

Hope you do. I believe the U.S army modernized there. Ton's of notable graduate's. This Canuck watched Ken Burns "The civil war". Lol. It is an excellent find.

 

[Whatdayagot]

Confirmed I'd on USMA button

Hope you do. I believe the U.S army modernized there. Ton's of notable graduate's. This Canuck watched Ken Burns "The civil war". Lol. It is an excellent find.

Spoke to the curator at the West Point museum and he said it is a late 19 the century trouser button trouser fly or trouser button I emailed him back about the insignia waiting on reply he also invited me to the museum to look at my other buttons and show me how to preserve them

 

[pepperj]

Cool button find, I'd take the guy up on his offer.

 

[Whatdayagot]

Might go tomorrow! Lol

 

[Whatdayagot]

Hot diggity can't determine if my button was lee's or grants but I was fortunate enough to find these today at the West Point museumfirst one is lees coat is grants

 

[cavdetect]

Cool button, love to fine one someday due to my love of military history no doubt

 

[Hot diggity]

Wow! Check out all the buttons on THAT coat!! :}'

 

[Whatdayagot]

Wow! Check out all the buttons on THAT coat!! :}'

 

[MuckyBottles]

Whatdayagot, close to west point huh...nice button, got a couple of those and Peekskill military academy button

 

[NEPADIGGER7]

Yeah def take the offer! Awesome button though!

 

[nsdq]

Dang sweet button

 

[MuckyBottles]

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Is that the Ft. Montgomery museum or the west point museum?