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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4007501, member: 111"]The darkened/blackened 'bronze' color is original, they're in good condition, I'd leave them alone. The button at lower right is likely older, a bit different in design, construction, and backmark - can you get a good image of the marks?</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't have access to my button books right now, though I believe someone else here has the 'Big Book of Buttons', and it has a section that <i>may </i>show the button. The backmarks on all but that one seem to have been used for some time, and could possibly date to the Civil War, though it seems debatable (like most references, the uniform button books will have varied information, and some errors) - the inclusion of what may be an earlier button wouldn't necessarily indicate similar dating of the group, could easily be a replacement that was pulled from the button box of a tailor, laundry, family member, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>These appear to have the same backmarks, described as WWI:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://buttonbaron.3dcartstores.com/US-Marine-WWI-Button-Original_p_65.html#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://buttonbaron.3dcartstores.com/US-Marine-WWI-Button-Original_p_65.html#" rel="nofollow">https://buttonbaron.3dcartstores.com/US-Marine-WWI-Button-Original_p_65.html#</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]325941[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As is this one on a Marine forum:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/showthread.php?61658-Button-Thread" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/showthread.php?61658-Button-Thread" rel="nofollow">http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/showthread.php?61658-Button-Thread</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]325942[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This site gives some information on U.S. military buttons, and Scovill backmarks:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://inkspotantiques.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://inkspotantiques.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=1" rel="nofollow">https://inkspotantiques.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=1</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]325948[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4007501, member: 111"]The darkened/blackened 'bronze' color is original, they're in good condition, I'd leave them alone. The button at lower right is likely older, a bit different in design, construction, and backmark - can you get a good image of the marks? I don't have access to my button books right now, though I believe someone else here has the 'Big Book of Buttons', and it has a section that [I]may [/I]show the button. The backmarks on all but that one seem to have been used for some time, and could possibly date to the Civil War, though it seems debatable (like most references, the uniform button books will have varied information, and some errors) - the inclusion of what may be an earlier button wouldn't necessarily indicate similar dating of the group, could easily be a replacement that was pulled from the button box of a tailor, laundry, family member, etc. These appear to have the same backmarks, described as WWI: [URL]https://buttonbaron.3dcartstores.com/US-Marine-WWI-Button-Original_p_65.html#[/URL] [ATTACH=full]325941[/ATTACH] As is this one on a Marine forum: [URL]http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/showthread.php?61658-Button-Thread[/URL] [ATTACH=full]325942[/ATTACH] This site gives some information on U.S. military buttons, and Scovill backmarks: [URL]https://inkspotantiques.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=1[/URL] [ATTACH=full]325948[/ATTACH] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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