A few examples of appraisal values for
CIVIL WAR BUTTONS

• US Civil War Assorted Buttons Lot
  US Civil War Assorted Buttons Lot of Eighteen Lot includes buttons from Vermont Massachusetts Maine Illinois and two Confederate buttons. Condition: Good to excellent.
• GROUP OF 60+ CIVIL WAR BUTTONS IN
  GROUP OF 60+ CIVIL WAR BUTTONS IN BLACK CASE Group of 60+ Civil War confederate and union excavated brass and metal buttons in a black case with glass top.
• CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR ERA
  CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR ERA BUTTONCONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR ERA BUTTON
• CONFEDERATE STATES CIVIL WAR ERA
  CONFEDERATE STATES CIVIL WAR ERA COAT BUTTONCONFEDERATE STATES CIVIL WAR ERA COAT BUTTON Third-quarter 19th Century. The reverse unmarked, the front with with a C S centering an armorial beneath a sun
• Box Civil War Era Uniform Buttons
  Box Civil War Era Uniform Buttons Etc
• EIGHT CIVIL WAR ERA UNION STATE
  EIGHT CIVIL WAR ERA UNION STATE SEAL BUTTONS To include: one Minnesota cuff button by Scovill (14mm, non-dug); one New Hampshire coat button by Scovill (24mm, great look with good impression and full gilt); four New York militia coat buttons (22mm, one dug in Virginia, three non-dug, with one of these retaining a piece of uniform cloth); one New York cuff button (14.5mm, possibly dug); Pennsylvania button face only (dug in Virginia, pushes).
• TEN POST CIVIL WAR SOUTHERN STATE
  TEN POST CIVIL WAR SOUTHERN STATE SEAL STAFF BUTTONS Later 19th century, to include: Alabama "Map on Tree" coat button (24mm, Scovill, small push to face); Maryland coat button (23mm, Steele & Johnson, tiny push on shield with possible solder repair); Missouri coat button (23mm, M. C. Lilley & Co., some light wear to back); seven (7) Virginia cuff buttons (15mm, six with Horstmann bm and one with Wendlinger, Richnond).
• Civil War Buttons Confederate
  Civil War Buttons Confederate Belt Buckle &Misc. in wooden box marked ''from the battlefield of Cold Harbor VA Oct. 19 1909'' & more usual dig corrosion & pitting but a scarce buckle.
• THREE CONFEDERATE UNIFORM BUTTONS
  THREE CONFEDERATE UNIFORM BUTTONS AND POSTWAR FIRST NATIONAL FLAG The buttons, identified by Albert numbers, to include: imported CSA General Service, #81, 22mm, Superior Quality backmark, non-dug and pristine; North Carolina one-piece sunburst, #16, 23mm, no shank, mild ground action to high points; Confederate local, cast block "I" for infantry, #184, 22mm, nice brown surfaces with green verdigris in the right places.; plus...a sewn linen First National Confederate flag (25-1/2 x 34 in.), likely 20th century and used for veteran or commemorative purposes (full edges with excellent color; some mothing present).
• CIVIL WAR VETERANS' MEMORABILIA,
  CIVIL WAR VETERANS' MEMORABILIA, NORTH & SOUTH To include a Union Grand Army of the Republic veteran's kepi of blue wool with leather visor and brass eagle side buttons, the interior marked "Shephard, Norwell & Co. Boston - Mass." and having a 6-5/8 size tag (3 x 10 in.; small area of fabric loss on crown, good condition); plus United Confederate Veterans reunion medals for Richmond, VA (1907, 1915) and Macon, GA (1912); plus a pinback button naming Richmond's Home for Confederate Women, which closed in 1989 with the re-location of its last seven residents.
• CONFEDERATE BUCKLE & SO. CAROLINA
  CONFEDERATE BUCKLE & SO. CAROLINA BUTTON2 Civil War items: Confederate 2 piece Richmond style officers buckle with tongue and wreath design, 3.25 in long; and a South Carolina silver plated 7/8 inch coat button signed Schuyler New York. From VA collection
• CIVIL WAR EMANCIPATION & BUTTONS:
  CIVIL WAR EMANCIPATION & BUTTONS: Special Orders for safe passage for a freed slave allowing him go North unimpeded. Signed by Lieut. A. Hodge Helena Ark. July 31 1862. Sold with 5 assorted era buttons including GAR naval Fire Dept. and infantry.
• COLLECTION OF TEN ORIGINAL
  COLLECTION OF TEN ORIGINAL CONFEDERATE UNIFORM COAT BUTTONS Includes four North Carolina buttons, two were manufactured by Wildt & Klein of SC with a crude NC state seal device on the obverse and a five-pointed star in the blank channel on the reverse (one has smooth surfaces and retains traces of gilt and a stand-up shank, while the second one is pushed in with plenty of ground action), two NC sunburst one-piece buttons, both buttons dug and lacking their shank, two Virginia state seal buttons, the first a dug pre-war example made by Scovill Mfg. of Waterbury, Connecticut (bent shank) with the second being a non-dug product of Mitchel & Tyler, Richmond (no shank), and four Confederate government issues to include a blockade-run CSA Superior Quality button made in England, a solid cast block "I" infantry button locally made, the face of a stamped block "I", and a fine, local block "A" artillery button with intact tin back.
• TWENTY-EIGHT ITEMS BEING MILITARY
  TWENTY-EIGHT ITEMS BEING MILITARY AND CIVILIAN BUTTONS PLUS RELATED INSIGNIA *RETURNED* To include: antebellum American one-piece militia eagle button; three (3) Union general service buttons; Canadian army button, two (2) Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps buttons; two Union Infantry cuff buttons; New York coat and cuff button pair; Connecticut cuff button (no shank); two WWII U.S. collar insignia; WWII tank corps collar insignia; three (3) 20th century Great Seal buttons; U S Navy button by Scovill; 1941 National Defenders medallion; WWII "Ruptured Duck" lapel pin; Smithsonian miniature reproduction Sterling silver Washington inaugural button; five (5) dug 19th century civilian buttons, including a face only stamped with a locomotive; plus, an unidentified dug Scovill button with a monogram on the face.
• VARIOUS CIVIL WAR ERA BELT
  VARIOUS CIVIL WAR ERA BELT BUCKLES AND BUTTONS Various Civil War Era Belt Buckles and Buttons
• CIVIL WAR ERA SCOVILL & COMPANY
  CIVIL WAR ERA SCOVILL & COMPANY P.L.I. COAT BUTTONCIVIL WAR ERA SCOVILL & COMPANY P.L.I. COAT BUTTON Mid 19th Century. The high domed gilt example with embossed eagle and shield, with stars all around, the reverse marked, now affixed to a 19th century fob chain.
• (20) EARLY BRASS UNIFORM BUTTONS,
  (20) EARLY BRASS UNIFORM BUTTONS, SOME CIVIL WAR Including: Massachusetts Militia Civil War; US Navy Civil War; "Excelsior" New York Militia Civil War; US Amy Civil War; various Civil War militia, PLUS early Pine Tree with Star (Maine), WWI Aviator. PLUS POD, FD, Police.
• TWO CIVIL WAR ERA GILT CUFF
  TWO CIVIL WAR ERA GILT CUFF BUTTONSSTEELE & JOHNSON, the reverse marked, the front with an eagle and shield.
• TWO MAINE CIVIL WAR ERA COAT
  TWO MAINE CIVIL WAR ERA COAT BUTTONSMCLILLEY & CO., COLUMBUS, third-quarter 19th Century. stamped on the reverse, the front embossed with two male figures centering a fox with a tree, above a banner inscribed Maine.
• GROUP OF CIVIL WAR MILITARY
  GROUP OF CIVIL WAR MILITARY BUTTONSGroup of Civil War Military Buttons, to include Scovill Waterbury. Provenance: Estate of Peter Tillou, Litchfield, Connecticut. Condition: All lots are sold "AS IS" The condition of lots can vary widely and are unlikely to be in a perfect condition. *No credit card payments will be accepted for silver, gold, or jewelry from buyers that have not purchased from our gallery in the past.
• Civil War kepi, red fabric with
  Civil War kepi, red fabric with brass "1" and "4" on front, chin strap with two brass buttons, mark on inside for "J. H. McKenney & Co.(?)", probably Union, 3-1/2 x 9-1/4 in. Fabric with fading, pest damage, losses to band, lacking red fabric pad at top, bill with surface cracks, repairs and touchup, original fabric liner with wear and creases.
• Union Civil War cavalry shell
  Union Civil War cavalry shell jacket, dark blue wool with yellow trim, 12 buttons down front, two buttons on right collar, stamped inspection mark on lining of proper right sleeve "…U.S. Insp…", four crude slash marks (possibly owner's ID), interior of left sleeve stamped "Eaves", generally good condition, some sleeve linings loose, some fraying and minor losses to trim, some buttons reattached, lacking one sleeve button and two collar buttons ; blue cotton pants with white wool stripe, scattered rust and losses, lacking several buttons or rivets, stripe with scattered pest damage. Private Collection
• [Civil War - Relics] Ring Made by
  [Civil War - Relics] Ring Made by Confederate Prisoner from a Coat Button  A handmade ring inlaid with metal shields on either side and a metal plate on top engraved H.A.P. / Co. A / 5th Inf. Accompanied by hand-written note stating the ring was made by a Southern prisoner from a button from H.A. Phillips' coat during the Civil War. Note and ring housed in a 19th century Boston apothecary box found in a Maine home.
• Post Civil War Four-Button Jacket
  Post Civil War Four-Button Jacket Blue wool body with four eagle buttons. Condition: Excellent.
• CONFEDERATE OFFICERS
  CONFEDERATE OFFICERS BUTTONCONFEDERATE OFFICERS BUTTON
• Confederate and G.A.R. Civil War
  Confederate and G.A.R. Civil War memoribilia reunion medals and souvenir pins 19th/early 20th centuries consisting of: U.C.V. Re-Union Richmond Virginia 1907 celluloid button with ribbons and medal L4'' and L3 1/4''; Confederate Veteran medal with portrait of Robert E. Lee L3 1/8''; Jennie Wade's House-Gettysburg-Killed in 1863 celluloid button with ribbons L5''; Freemason's medal L3 1/4''; with four similar medals; Adams County Pennsylvania arrest warrant dated January 17th 1824. (11pcs) Provenance: Pennsylvania private collection. This item is related to lots 617 and 619 and is reported to have also descended through the estate of ''Colonel'' William L. Moseby of Fulton County Pennsylvania.
• COLLECTION OF ABOUT 35 U.S. UNIFORM
  COLLECTION OF ABOUT 35 U.S. UNIFORM BUTTONS Including Revolutionary War, War of 1812, US Naval Academy lion rampant; and other early items. Most dug, with more or less weathering; many with origin labels and identified according to Albert's catalog.
• FOURTEEN PRE-CIVIL WAR AMERICAN
  FOURTEEN PRE-CIVIL WAR AMERICAN MILITARY BUTTONS All one-piece, to include: General service U. S. pewter button, 1808-1830 (20mm, no shank, corrosion to edges); great coat, eagle over U. S. and wreath (20mm, with shank, copper tone); militia with eagle, shield (22mm, IMPERIAL STANDARD bm, with shank); Federal Rifles (21mm, bm obscure, with shank); two (2) Artillery Corps (20mm, one lacking shank, blank back); two (2) concave eagle buttons, one clearly with an "A" on the shield (20mm, no bm); eagle with script "R" or "A on shield (20mm, spade mark to face); two (2) early concave Navy coat buttons (22mm, heavy patinas); Navy coat button with gilt (22mm, ground action, no shank); two Navy cuff buttons (both 14mm, one with verdigris, shank present and the second non-dug with B&B SUPERFINE bm).
• [Civil War] Unique Cut-Steel
  [Civil War] Unique Cut-Steel Patriotic Buckle Featuring US Eagle Emblems  2'' x 4'' overall. A unique piece using 19th century U.S. Army issue cut-steel emblems fashioned into women's jewelry possibly for a general's wife.
• Confederate Engineers Uniform
  Confederate Engineers Uniform Button Confederate "muffin top" engineers uniform button. Condition: Excellent.
• THREE CIVIL WAR ERA COINS AND
  THREE CIVIL WAR ERA COINS AND FIVE NON-DUG FEDERAL GENERAL SERVICE BUTTONS The coins to include: 1857 Flying Eagle cent, VG; 1864 2-Cent, Fair; Army & Navy copper token, VF; the buttons to include four strung General Service coat buttons by Scovill and one loose General Service cuff button by Horstmann, all in excellent condition with nice toning.
• CIVIL WAR GOODYEAR RUBBER NAVY CUFF
  CIVIL WAR GOODYEAR RUBBER NAVY CUFF BUTTONUnmarked, with an eagle perched on a canon above a pyramid of three cannon balls.
• World War I-Era Mixed Militaria
  World War I-Era Mixed Militaria Including Belt and Buttons Lot includes: WWI German hat belt with WWI German buckle and forty-one buttons; WWI Iron Cross; one son-in-service flag; over twenty US WWI uniform buttons; form letter from King George; cigarette case; Civil Defense badge; plus photos and souvenir coins. Condition: Very good.
• SIX CONFEDERATE BUTTONS DUG IN
  SIX CONFEDERATE BUTTONS DUG IN VIRGINIA Brass, to include: two blockade-run lined "I" buttons, 22mm (one with shank and SUPERIOR QUALITY backmark, the other lacking much of its back); an imported script "I" button's face (losses to much of right edge, no back); block "I" face (flattened with secondary diagonal impression); two local block "A" buttons, 24mm (one with plain brass back and shank, the other with tin back lacking shank).
• US Civil War Repro Belt Plates
  US Civil War Repro Belt Plates and Hat Insignia Lot of Five Condition: Very good.
• STATE OF FLORIDA CIVIL WAR ERA CUFF
  STATE OF FLORIDA CIVIL WAR ERA CUFF BUTTONSTATE OF FLORIDA CIVIL WAR ERA CUFF BUTTON WATERBURY COMPANY, CONNECTICUT. The reverse marked, the front embossed with elements derived from the states seal, gilt finish.