War of 1812 officer button with before and after pic..

[The Patriot]

Found this War of 1812 button yesterday and noticed some flaking that exposed some silver wash...so decided to give it a shot at cleaning...glad I did...will look much better in the diaplay box...

 

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[bill from lachine]

Steve,
Beauty of a button and great restoration job!

 

[Gene Mean]

Absolutely beautiful! Congratulations. Belongs in a museum or your living room. What state are you in?

 

[Tom_in_CA]

oh wow, that just drips with history . Nice job !

 

[Ia.FurTrade]

Nice job on a beauty of a button!
Congrat's !!

Iowa Dale

 

[Digger RJ]

Found this War of 1812 button yesterday and noticed some flaking that exposed some silver wash...so decided to give it a shot at cleaning...glad I did...will look much better in the diaplay box...

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[pepperj]

Lots of the wash left on that beauty. Congrats on the recovery, great job on the cleaning.

 

[ironhorse]

I think you got that one just in time...with all this snow we have now it would have had to wait til spring to be found if you didnt get it!
Really great find in the twilight of the 2021 season!

 

[devldog]

Patriot, Congrat's on the save and restoration of that beautiful War of 1812 button. This will look great in your display. What a way to close out your hunting season of 2021. Well Done.

 

[grasshopper]

Wow, nice!! How did you clean it?

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

Found this War of 1812 button yesterday and noticed some flaking that exposed some silver wash...so decided to give it a shot at cleaning...glad I did...will look much better in the diaplay box...

very cool, great restoration job on that awesome find!

 

[Steve in PA]

Sweet button! I imagine that would be an officers button, as enlistedmen would likely be pewter. What does the shank look like? Any backmark?