War of 1812 Artillery Corps Buttons

steve

In August 2004 I recovered these two Artillery Corps 1-piece cuff buttons at a heavily hunted 1812 era campsite in Southport N.C.

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Ian · Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:34 pm Post subject:

Awesome Recoveries!

Any backmarks?

-Ian

steve · Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:50 pm Post subject:

Ian,
The eagle button has a star pattern around the back rim but neither button has a backmark. I have identifided both buttons as War of 1812 using Albert's "Record of American Uniform and Historical Buttons"in which they are listed.

Thanks,
Steve

Ian · Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:54 pm Post subject:

Thanks Steve,

I was wondering about the button on the right. I found a cuff button like that was VERY worn and it didn't have a backmark either.

-Ian

steve · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:07 am Post subject:

Ian,
could you send me a pic of your button? i would like to see it. maybe i could identify it in the reference. Thanks again for all of your ongoing work on the web site. It really is a tremendous asset for the club.

steve

Ian · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 6:11 pm Post subject:

Hey Steve,

Here's mine. As you can tell, it's very worn but you can make out the cannon wheel and part of the eagle...

-Ian

Ian · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 6:12 pm Post subject:

OH!

And thanks for the compliments!

-Ian

steve · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 7:17 pm Post subject:

Ian, that does look very much like mine. Bring it to the meeting and I will bring the one I have as well as my button reference.

keep an ear to the ground,
Steve