You can also try military collector sights to assist in dating and identifying a military button. However, don't bet the farm that an eBay seller always knows what they have and are selling. There are Military Collectors that buy and sell and can be knowledgeable about what they are selling. I also use EBay to help identify buttons. Waterbury is a prominent maker of high quality buttons and if your button is back marked Waterbury, you can go to to research your button. 7 hours ago &0183 &32 Thanks Check your phone for a link to finish setting up your feed. Device is an eagle on top of an artillery piece with a stack of cannon. If the button is extremely well made and back marked, it also could be military. Patterned after the 1802-1821 US Artillery Corps button these are one-piece buttons. If the button has an eagle on it, it very well could be US Military. What I am always on the look out for and have never found are Civil War Buttons, which also makes sense since North Dakota didn't become a State until the 1889. This makes sense because North Dakota was on the frontier and home to several forts, including Fort Lincoln, which was the home of the doomed 7th Calvary led by Custer. For example, we found some amazing General Service buttons that we can date from the 1850s to 1902. History and locale will also have an impact on what you find. Most common will be World War II era buttons since so many Americans served in the armed forces during that period. They were generally well made and often back marked. You should expect to find some US Military Buttons in old boxes of buttons.
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