Confederate Adjutant General button	The Civil War Relicman, Harry Ridgeway
	Winchester, Virginia USA (changed hands 70 times in the Civil War!) I am a collector buying and selling authentic Civil War Relics
	This page updated   May 12, 2008

Catalog of button backmarks
Adam W Spies, New York

Adam W Spies immigrated from Birmingham England in the late 1820's and sold buttons in New York until about 1835.  The buttons were probably made in England.  

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

Spies01 (21mm) 

Backmark:  "A. W. SPIES / (dot) * (dot) RICH (dot) * (dot) " rm ca. 1830's
Tice page 141, item count #1  with modification  

Examples with this backmark: 
Back pictured is from AY64, Federal Artillery one piece button (B4139 )

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