Featured Older Stud? Buttons - Any Information

I have no button language, so if these terms are wrong, please correct me. I came across three older appearing buttons with horned animals as the subject matter. Two of them are similar. They appear to be some kind of artificial material shaped like a horned animal glued on on wood. The backs are rounded pegs made from wood. The third one appears to be carved. A fawn or small, young, cloven footed animal was placed in a oval, cut wood surround. The peg is made of the carved material. The two larger buttons are 1 1/4 inch in diameter. The oval is 1 1/8 inch at its longest point.

I found these interesting, but need help identifying them please.

 

Black Forest antler.... studs,buttons,brooches.etc.

 

Excellent. I'll try that. Thank you very much.

 

I'm wondering if the material is deer (stag) antler

There's something similar here: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-black-forest-stag-antler-1831262478

 

Very interesting. You could be right, the variegations in the heads could be horn rather than molded lines. I hadn't thought of that. This looks something like the third button. Thank you.

 

Now that I have done some research, I am wondering now it the surround of the third button isn't horn too.

 

This type of piece is often worn on a lapel using the small "buttonhole" on the lapel. One of the most common ones is the ruptured duck.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/114827840758?hash=item1abc45ccf6:g:gPEAAOSwwnRgY4xd

 

How on earth does that button get that name ‘ruptured duck’!!!

 

Everything about the ruptured duck..... https://www.therupturedduck.com/pages/the-origin-of-the-ruptured-duck-insignia

 

So I should be adding lapel pins to my searches. Great. I'll do that. Thank for this insight!

 

I didn't pick up on that! Excellent question!

 

Love that story. Here is another version

"The award was commonly called the “Ruptured Duck” by veterans because the eagle faced to the right, which was the direction doctors instructed inductees to face when told to coughed during a examination for ruptures. The term was an in-joke among veterans since no civilians went through an induction examination."

Oh yeah.

 

Ooh that shirt!

 

Does Antler fluoresce under UV as it’s horn?
I find myself asking that question quite a lot. I wonder if I use my UV torch far too much....

 

Hmmm. Maybe you should restrict yourself to Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. That should fix it. I'm going to the closet now - I knowwwwwwwwwww it's Friday, but KSW told me to do it.

 

The Finns painted their reindeer antler's with fluorescent paint, but it didn't work.

Glowing antlers failed, so Finns try app to save reindeer (phys.org)

 

I know. I know. I know. Perhaps, we could recommend a good psychiatrist, as the Antiquer's group therapy has only made it worse.

 

I won't tell your husband that you were looking.