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   April 29, 2008

Catalog of button backmarks
Backmarks bearing "Treble..."

Backmarks bearing terms Treble Rich, Treble Gilt, etc are trademark or stock backmarks denoting quality.  Most originated in England, and may have also been used to disguise the actual source in the southern smuggling trade.  There is uncertainty as to who the actual manufacturers were of some of them so all are listed here.

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

Treble01As (13mm) 

Backmark:  "TREBLE RICH / (dot) STANDARD (dot)" dm inner solid ring. English manufacture, probably Smith Kemp Wright.
Tice page 179, "unidentified European makers, item count #11, with modification. 

Examples with this backmark: 
B4867     Confederate general service, "CSA", English imported button (13mm) 

Ref: Albert CS81Bv, Tice CSG203As1 

Treble02As  (13mm) 

Backmark: "TREBLE RICH / (dot) STANDd (dot)" dm inner solid  ring. English manufacture, probably Smith Kemp Wright.
Tice page 179, "unidentified European makers, item count #12, with modification. 

Examples with this backmark: 
B5403     Confederate Infantry  script "I" English imported button (13mm)  

Ref: Albert CS177Av, Tice CSI215As1

Treble03 (22mm) 

Backmark: " TREBLE STANDd / (dot) EXTRA RICH (dot) " dm between outer ring of dots, inner solid ring, maker could be Smith Kemp Wright but is not confirmed. 
Tice page 179, "unidentified European makers, item count #13, [C1-20] with modification. 

Examples with this backmark: 
B5379     Confederate Navy officer, "CSN", English imported button (22.3mm)  

Ref: Albert CS56A, Tice CSN212A1 

[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]

[Reference to Ridgeway archive catalog of backmarks]

[Back to relicman.com Home Page]