23mm, General Staff Officer coat button, dug, with a ".*.Extra.*./Gilt" backmark. This is a very unusual Federal Staff Officer's button. There are 30 stars encircling the eagle which holds four arrows in left talon (reversed from many). I recall when Bob Edmondson picked up an example of this and shared with excitement many years ago at the Nashville Show when held at the Fairgrounds. I have seen two or three of these nondug and they were not gilded, but left in brass finish.
GS Unl | Rare General Staff Officer Coat Button, Extra/Gilt
$150.00Price
- Civil War Button, Federal Government Button