Blank back buttons, English manufacture

Confederate Adjutant General button	The Civil War Relicman, Harry Ridgeway
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	This page updated April 27, 2008

Catalog of button backmarks
Blank backs, English producers

The English producers may have used blank backs either as generic stock or trade items, or they could have done it to disguise the origins. As the war dragged on and the southern cause seemed to be lost, English support waned, and although England was "neutral" the English producers may have felt a need for less visibility.

Most information on this page is from Tice's book, Dating Buttons..., the pictures are generally from buttons that I have handled.

BlankEng03 (23mm)

Backmark: blank with no contours, this is English manufacture, blank to disguise the origin, probably Smith Kemp Wright.
Tice not listed.

Examples with this backmark:
B3681 Confederate Cavalry Lined "C" English imported button (22.5mm)

Ref: Albert CS127A2, Tice CSC203A4

B5196 Confederate Infantry script "I" English imported button (22.5mm)

Ref: Albert CS177A2, Tice CSI215B3 (brass back)

B1390 Confederate staff officer "CSA" English imported button (26mm)

Ref: Albert CS1 not listed, TiceCS201A8

BlankEng04 (22mm)

Backmark: blank, recessed well, has P Tait type floating shank, unmarked back was probably intended to disguise its origin.
Tice not listed