Infantry Buttons

Special Note: All early pewter buttons are assumed to be dug unless otherwise described. All other buttons are non-dug and in good condition with original shanks unless otherwise noted.

Photo Item # Albert's Code Description Size Price
1901 GI11R7v NEW   Continental Army; Extra nice condition from my personal collection. 18mm $475.00
1902 LC? NEW   Third American; Loyalist. No shank. Nice pewter. Found Charleston, S.C. 23mm $875.00
1903 --- (Offered as pair with button below)British 5th Regt Afoot. Excellent pewter--no edge loss! Shank gone. 22mm $875.00 (pair)
1904 --- (Offered as pair with button above)British 5th Regt Afoot cuff. Solid and excellent condition; shank has rusted away. 16mm $875.00 (pair)
1905 NEW   49th Regiment AFoot. No shank; No edge loss. 21mm $275.00
1 --- Sold   Design like Royal Provincials. Pewter. Colonial Spanish(?): Crown above Script "F7" Edge deterioration. No shank. Found Savannah, GA. 24mm $75.00$45.00$35.00
3 GIunl Militia 2-piece high domed eagle. Shield is totally blank (not lined, or lettered, at all). Very unusual button. "W.H. Horstmann & Sons/Phi" rmdc 21mm $100.00
4 GIunl Pewter Gator Button. Half round. Cast; from 1812 site along Georgia/North Florida Border. 12mm $15.00
5 GI17 REDUCED   Continental Army: Bucks of America (?) Tombac, non-dug. 25mm $375.00$275.00
1611 GI36A3 NEW   Foliated Script "I". With good pewter and original shank. Found in Santee, S.C. 20mm $35.00
1906 GI25 NEW   Wayne's Legion; 1792-1798. Solid. 24mm SOLD
7 GI25Dv Wayne's Legion; 1792-1798. No shank. Solid. 13mm $75.00
1907 GI25Dv NEW   Wayne's Legion; 1792-1798. No shank. Solid. 13mm $75.00
1908 GI30 Army; General Service; 1808-1830. no shank. Solid. 22mm Sold
8 GI30Av Army General Service; 1808-1830. Found South Georgia/North Florida border. Rough. 15mm $10.00
1909 GI30v NEW   Army General Service; 1808-1830. Small size, good solid specimen. 15mm $45.00
1911 GI34R9 Infantry, 9th Regiment. No shank, edging. 20mm $75.00
15 GI34R11 Sold   Infantry, 11th Regiment. No shank, pitting. 20mm $100.00
16 GI34R13 Sold   Infantry, 13th Regiment. No shank, pitting. 20mm $100.00
19 GI36A3 NEW   Beautiful Foliated Script "I". Water find or Nondug? This one solid as a rock and an unusually fine specimen. No edge loss or flaking whatever--Best of conditions! 20mm $125.00
19 GI36C Foliated Script "I". Pewter. Re-shanked. Good solid edges. 20mm $35.00
1913 GI41B NEW   U.S. Infantry; 1812-1815. 1-piece pewter. Dug, very fine condition, no shank, no edge loss! 22mm $100.00
1426 GI41B Sold   U.S. Infantry; 1812-1815. 1-piece pewter, blank, no shank. 22mm $85.00
20 GI43A1 Infantry. 1812-1815 "***Richards (eagle)/Giles" 19mm $150.00
21 GI43A2 Infantry. 1812-1815 Blank. 19mm $150.00
22 GI45Av Infantry. War of 1812 Solid edges. No shank. Nice. 16mm $45.00
23 GI45Av As above. Condition not quite as nice. 16mm $35.00
24 GI46Av Infantry. War of 1812 Some edging. No shank. 16mm $35.00
25 GI47Av Infantry. War of 1812. Solid example. 16mm $35.00
1914 GI47Av NEW   Infantry. War of 1812. Pewter eagle(1811). Solid example. 16mm $45.00
1910 GI51G NEW   1812 Officers; Excellent dug condition. Found Charleston, SC. Heavily Silver Plated! 23mm $325.00
28 GI58 REDUCED   Scarce! Nondug 1-piece pewter coat (20)mm. "*G.Smiths*/Manufacture." See reference in McGuinn's Backmark Book. Non-dug. 20mm $175.00$150.00
28 GI58 1-piece pewter cuff (15mm). 15mm $75.00
1041 GI59 NEW   Militia; 1-piece; ".Superior Strong./Plated" Heavily silver plated. 22mm $65.00
1039 GI61 NEW   "*Treble.Gilt*/Standd.. Colour" Excellent! 23mm $65.00
34 GI65A Convex Militia; cupped construction; blank: "(4 stars)" 22mm $100.00
35 GI65B Militia; as listed. Bright gilt. Rare variant. 20mm $175.00
36 GI66 Militia. Rare "***Treble***/Gilt" (stamped over top of "*Treble*Gilt*/Tops") 21mm $175.00
1427 GI67A NEW   Militia "Best Quality/ London" 20mm $60.00
1915 GI67A NEW   Militia. Beautiful plated example. 20mm $75.00
38 GI67A Militia ".Best/Quality." 20mm $60.00
208 GIunl U.S. or Militia officers. Very rare. "*Ledsam & Son*/London" 14mm $200.00
39 GI68B Militia, Rare variation and hard to find example. "Best/Quality" 20mm $200.00
1428 GI70B 1-piece. "***United***/States" dug. 20mm $45.00
1428a GI70B NEW   Great coat; 1-piece. "***United***/States" 20mm Sold
40 GI70Bv Sold   Great coat; small 1-piece. "***United***/States" 15mm $50.00
1428b GI71A NEW   Great coat; 2-piece. Backmark reads: "***United***/States" 20mm $95.00
1429 GI71Av NEW   Great coat; small, low-convex 2-piece. "*United States" rmdc 15mm $45.00
41 GI74 Pewter 1-piece eagle "I" Non-dug! 19mm $150.00
49 GI79unl Very unusual 1-pc. Infantry. Nothing like it listed.
"(21 quadrifoils between rings)" as a backmark. If you don't think it is neat, I'll pay postage both ways.
20mm $75.00
1038 GI79unlv Very unusual 1-piece eagle "I" with a great backmark: "*Leavenworth & Co*/Extra"** 13mm $85.00
1919 130 NEW   Great and rare early 1-piece coat; blank (concentric rings) 21mm $325.00
1920 UU135 NEW   Fantastic silver plated ball button w/ Federal design. 20mm $200.00