Waterbury badge

[wolcottdigger]

I found this badge about twenty feet from the "Junior G Man badge" I live in Wolcott CT right down the street from Waterbury.
On the back it says Waterbury Button CO.

 

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[seger98]

Neat find!

 

[Locke]

Welcome to the forum, that's a great looking badge you got there. Congratulations

 

[mikewaz]

Nice find!
It's nice there's a date on it to make it easy to research.
Mike

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Always nice to find them intact, WTG!

 

[fortbball9]

Welcome to T-NET.That is a nice badge.
Congrats

fortbball9

 

[Detectingfreak]

Welcome to the forum! Very awesome find you got there! It has a date on it so thats very cool!

 

[oddcoins]

WOW ~ that's a very cool find! NICE!!!

 

[blklab]

Welcome to "T-Net" and that was a neat find. Congratulations and keep up
the good work. (blklab)

 

[allen]

very cool find...

 

[NGE]

So that's what that is supposed to look like? Welcome to T-Net.......

 

[LI Tom]

Very cool find,especially that it's local.

 

[wolcottdigger]

UPDATE!
I found some info about this badge, The local newspaper the Waterbury Republican-American sent me this.



Dear Mr. Pape and Mr. Pesino,

On September 14, 1926 a delegation of 325 members of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce visited Waterbury and they were hosted by the Waterbury Chamber of Commerce. The Pennsylvania delegation was accompanied by the lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. A parade, including the Mattatuck Drum Corps, greeted the Harrisburg group at the railroad station. Besides a tour of the city, the group was treated to a sheepbake at Hamilton Park. Although there is no mention in the articles of the badge you have in your possession there is no doubt it was made for the attendees of this event.

I hope this answers your questions. Please contact me if you need anything else.

Sincerely,

Michael C. Dooling
Librarian, Republican-American

 

[crazyjarhead]

How and where did you find it

 

[Jerry1NJ]

Great find!!!!

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Beautiful badge!

 

[wolcottdigger]

Thanks for the replies.
I found the badge with my ACE 250 in my hometown of Wolcott CT.
I found it near a lake that used to be a reservoir for Scovill mfg. which was the largest brass mill in the country at one time.
There was once an old house where I found it, now its a small parking lot for people fishing.
The house had no backyard it was right at the edge of the woods where I found the badge.
There is lots of junk buried in those woods I think the guy dumped all his garbage in them.

 

[crazyjarhead]

A lot of buttons produced in your town. Nice, rich history