Small 1/4" across domed brass buttons / pins / ????

These were found in a bag with replacement lapel pin backs.

They look like a lapel button type thing but they are plain with no type of logo or anything.

They are brass or at least they do not attract to a magnet & some had a pretty gross case of verdigris.

The backs screw on & they are of course not marked.

They are 1/4" across.

Does anybody want to venture a guess?



Thanks for any & all advice or opinions!!

 

Bedazzle kit circa 1920?

 

They look like some sort of emergency replacement buttons, for when one goes walkabout. Or maybe something to hold a ribbon in a guy's suit jacket. They had button holes in the old days made to hold a lapel button from one association or another. That's where the WWII Ruptured Ducks went, etc.

 

@evelyb30 - I immediately thought of that & kept looking for some type of insignia on them.

The ribbons I have seen such as the ones for Civil War veterans had a pin at the top usually.

 

Studs for a military hat??????? Wild guess!

 

If I were guessing I'd say these were made plain and sold in bulk. The small group buying them would add a printed ribbon. Maybe a fundraiser? These may have been leftovers.

 

Remind me of mirror screws.