steve
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War of 1812 Artillery Corps ButtonsIn 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
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Awesome Recoveries!
Any backmarks?
-Ian
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steve
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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
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Ian
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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
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steve
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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
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Ian
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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
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Ian
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OH!
And thanks for the compliments!
-Ian
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steve
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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
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