 Confederate Adjutant General button |
The Civil War Relicman,
|
|
Winchester, Virginia
USA (changed hands 70 times in the Civil War!)
|
|
|
This page updated April 27, 2008 |
Catalog of button
backmarks
Rivet'd & Solder'd backmarks
"Rivet'd & Solder'd" backmarks are believed to have been the marks of Prussian manufacturer Schnitzler & Kirschbaum, operating in Birmingham England. They supplied buttons to the south through the blockade. It appears that initially they depicted their name with a coat of arms, then later moved into more generic backmarks, probably to disguise their origin.
Most information on this page is from Tice's book, Dating Buttons..., the pictures are generally from buttons that I have handled.
Rivetd01 (26mm)
Backmark: "RIVET'D & SOLDER'D" (in a graphic depicting lion and
unicorn surrounding coat of arms) " dm, English manufacture, possibly by
Prussian producer Schnitzler & Kirshbaum
Tice page 176, item count 1.
Examples with this backmark:
B2138
Confederate staff officer "CSA" English imported
button (26mm)
Ref: Albert CS1A5, TiceCS201A6
Rivetd01 (24mm)
Backmark: "RIVET'D & SOLDER'D" (in a graphic depicting lion and
unicorn surrounding coat of arms) " dm, English manufacture, possibly by
Prussian producer Schnitzler & Kirshbaum
Tice page 176, item count 1.
B5481
Confederate staff officer, eagle facing right on a pedestal, English
imported button (24mm)
Ref: Albert CS5A4, Tice CS205A6
Note the slight differences between this backmark made for the 26mm button (CS1) and that made for the 24mm button, CS5. The dies are essentially the same representation in substance, but the die maker did have to cut two different dies because the two buttons are different size, a comparison will reveal minor differences. It is not like these damn modern computers where size adjustments are easily done. It would probably have taken the die maker quite a few hours just to make this tiny 2mm adjustment!
Rivetd02Am (19mm)
Backmark: "RIVET'D & SOLDER'D / S & K (in a graphic depicting lion
and unicorn surrounding coat of arms) " dm, English manufacture, possibly
by Prussian producer Schnitzler & Kirshbaum.
Tice page 176, item count 2, with modification.
Examples with this backmark:
B4695
Confederate staff officer, eagle facing right on
a pedestal, English imported button (19mm)
Ref: Albert CS5Av, Tice CS205Am1
[Back to Ridgeway archive main page]
[Reference to Ridgeway archive catalog of buttons]
[Back to Confederate government Buttons main page]
[Back to Buttons of the states of the Confederacy main page]
[Back to Federal government Buttons, main page]
[Back to Buttons of the states of the Union main page]