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This page updated May 07, 2008 |
Buttons issued by the Confederate government
All Civil War buttons listed are absolutely guaranteed authentic to the Civil War or earlier or as otherwise described.
Dug or "battlefield" relics have been recovered from private property with owners permission.
Confederate staff officer and general issue buttons, click item number to view:
| B5431 |
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Confederate staff officer "CSA"
English imported
button (26mm) Backmark: "COURTNEY & TENNENT / (dot) * (dot)" dm |
Albert CS1A1 | TiceCS201A3 | $1,950 |
| B5490 |
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Confederate staff officer "CSA" English
imported button (26mm) Backmark: "HALFMANN & TAYLOR / (dot) MONTGOMERY (dot)" dm |
Albert CS1A2 | TiceCS201A4 | $2,000 |
| B5351 |
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Confederate staff officer, active eagle,
English imported button (24mm) Backmark: "H T & B / * MANCHESTER * " dm |
Albert CS4A | Tice CS204A1 | $2,500 Sale Pending! |
| B5447 |
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Confederate staff officer, eagle facing
right on a pedestal, English imported button (24mm) Backmark: "EXTRA RICH / (dot) TREBLE GILT (dot)" dm |
Albert CS5A3 | Tice CS205A5 | $250 |
| B5448 |
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Confederate staff officer, eagle facing
right on a pedestal, English imported button (24mm) Backmark: "EXTRA RICH / (dot) TREBLE GILT (dot)" dm |
Albert CS5A3 | Tice CS205A5 | $250 |
| B5356 |
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Confederate staff officer, eagle facing
right on a pedestal, English imported button (24mm) Backmark: "EXTRA RICH / (dot) TREBLE GILT (dot)" dm |
Albert CS5A3 | Tice CS205A5 | $250 |
| B5355 |
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Confederate staff officer, eagle facing right on
a pedestal, English imported button (19mm) Backmark: "EXTRA RICH / (dot) TREBLE GILT (dot)" dm |
Albert CS5 not listed | Tice CS205Am3 | $175 |
| B5481 |
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Confederate staff officer, eagle facing
right on a pedestal, English imported button (24mm) Backmark: "RIVET'D & SOLDER'D" (in a graphic depicting lion and unicorn surrounding coat of arms) " dm |
Albert CS5A4 | Tice CS205A6 | $550 |
| B5491 |
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Confederate staff officer, eagle facing
right on a pedestal, English imported button (19mm) Backmark: "RIVET'D & SOLDER'D / S & K (in a graphic depicting lion and unicorn surrounding coat of arms) " dm |
Albert CS5Av | Tice CS205Am1 | $225 |
| B5492 |
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Confederate staff officer, eagle facing
right on a pedestal, English imported button (19mm) Backmark: "RIVET'D & SOLDER'D / S & K (in a graphic depicting lion and unicorn surrounding coat of arms) " dm |
Albert CS5Av | Tice CS205Am1 | $200 |
| B5268 |
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Confederate staff officer, eagle facing right on
a pedestal, English imported button (23mm) Backmark: "W. DOWLER / (dot) SUPERIOR QUALITY (dot)" dm Recovered: Charleston SC |
Albert CS7A | TiceCS207A1 | $850 |
| B5352 |
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Confederate staff officer, eagle facing right on
a pedestal, English imported button (23mm) Backmark: "W. DOWLER / (dot) SUPERIOR QUALITY (dot)" dm |
Albert CS7A | TiceCS207A1 | $1,000 |
| B5480 |
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Confederate staff officer, eagle facing
left on a pedestal, English imported button (24mm) Backmark: "H T & B / * MANCHESTER * " dm |
Albert CS36A1 | TiceCS210A1 | $1,000 |
| B5361 |
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Confederate staff officer, eagle facing right, southern manufactured
"local" button (24.5mm) Backmark: blank with a channel |
Albert CS20A | Tice CS251A1 | $3,250 |
| B5362 |
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Confederate staff officer, eagle facing right, southern manufactured
"local" button (22.3mm) Backmark: "C. ROUYER / N. O. ", dm |
Albert CS21A | Tice CS254A2 | Sold! |
| B5363 |
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Confederate staff officer, eagle facing right, southern manufactured
"local" button (22.3mm) Backmark: Blank back, wide channel |
Albert CS22A | Tice CS257A1 | Sold! |
| B5364 |
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Confederate staff officer, eagle facing right, southern manufactured
"local" button (22.3mm) Backmark: Blank back, wide channel |
Albert CS23A | Tice CS260A1 | Sold! |
| B5450 |
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Confederate staff officer, eagle facing
right, southern manufactured "local" button (22.3mm)
Backmark: Blank back, wide channel |
Albert CS25A1 | Tice CS266A2 | 1,900 |
| B5365 |
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Confederate staff officer, eagle facing right, southern manufactured
"local" button (22.3mm) Backmark: Blank back, wide channel |
Albert CS25A1 | Tice CS266A2 | $2,000 |
| B5496 |
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Confederate staff officer, eagle facing
right, southern manufactured "local" button (22.3mm)
Backmark: Blank back, wide channel Recovered: Tennessee campaign |
Albert CS25A1 | Tice CS266A2 | $250 |
| B5366 |
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Confederate staff officer, eagle facing left, southern manufactured
"local" button (18.6mm) Backmark: Blank back, flat surface, raised area around the shank, crude construction, unknown "local" manufacture |
Albert CS41B | Tice CS287A1 | Sold! |
| B5244 |
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Confederate staff officer, eagle facing left, southern manufactured
"local" button (18.6mm)
Backmark: Blank back, flat surface, raised area around the shank, crude construction, unknown "local" manufacture Recovered: Corinth Mississippi |
Albert CS41B | Tice CS287A1 | $600 |
| B5367 |
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Confederate staff officer, eagle facing right, southern manufactured
"local" button (14.2mm) Backmark: Blank back, flat surface, crude construction, unknown "local" manufacture |
Albert not listed | Tice CS269As2 | Sold! |
Confederate general service buttons, click item number to view:
| B5358 |
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Confederate general service, "CSA",
English imported button (22.3mm) Backmark: "S. BUCKLEY & Co / (dot) BIRMINGHAM (dot) " dm |
Albert CS81A | Tice CSG203A1 | $700 |
| B5413 |
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Confederate general service, "CSA",
English imported button (22.3mm) Backmark: "S. BUCKLEY & Co / (dot) BIRMINGHAM (dot) " dm Backmark: "S. BUCKLEY & Co / (dot) BIRMINGHAM (dot) " dm |
Albert CS81A | Tice CSG203A1 | $200 |
| B5359 |
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Confederate general service, "CSA",
English imported button (13mm) Backmark: "TREBLE RICH / (dot) STANDARD (dot)" dm |
Albert CS81Bv | Tice CSG203As1 | $450. |
Confederate Navy buttons, click item number to view:
| B5371 |
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Confederate Navy officer, "CSN", English imported
button (24.2mm) Backmark: FIRMIN & SONS / + LONDON + " dm |
Albert CS51A | Tice CSN200A1 | Sold! |
| B5373 |
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Confederate Navy officer, "CSN", English imported
button (22.1mm) Backmark: FIRMIN & SONS / + LONDON + " dm |
Albert CS52 not listed | Tice CSN202A2 | Sold! |
| B5374 |
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Confederate Navy officer, "CSN", English imported
button (15.8mm) Backmark: FIRMINS / (dot) LONDON (dot) " dm |
Albert CS52Av not listed | Tice CSN202Am2 | Sold! |
| B4486 |
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Confederate Navy officer, "CSN",
English imported button (22.3mm)
Backmark: "FIRMIN & SONS / (dot 153 STRAND LONDON (dot) / & 13 / CONDUIT. ST" dm |
Albert CS52A | Tice CSN202A1 | $1,200 |
| B5479 |
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Confederate Navy officer, "CSN",
English imported button (22.3mm) Backmark: "COURTNEY & TENNENT / (dot) S. C (dot) / CHARLESTON. " dm |
Albert CS54A | Tice CSN208A1 | $1,300 |
| B5378 |
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Confederate Navy officer, "CN", English imported
button (17.5mm) Backmark: "COURTNEY & TENNENT " dm Most buttons of this type are the small size, this is the rarer medium size |
Albert CS55Av | Tice CSN210Am1 | Sold! |
| B5264 |
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Confederate Navy officer, "CN", English imported
button (15.8mm) Backmark: "COURTNEY & TENNENT " dm This pattern button was originally purchased by Captain Sinclair, to outfit the CSS Texas. |
Albert CS55Av not listed | Tice CSN210As1 | $500 |
| B5375 |
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Confederate Navy officer, "CSN", English imported
button (22.3mm) Backmark: "S. ISAACS CAMPBELL & CO. / (dot) LONDON (dot) / 71. JERMYN. ST." dm |
Albert CS53A | Tice CSN206A1 | Sold! |
| B5379 |
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Confederate Navy officer, "CSN", English imported
button (22.3mm) Backmark: " TREBLE STANDd / (dot) EXTRA RICH (dot) " dm |
Albert CS56A | Tice CSN212A1 | Sold! |
| B5380 |
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Confederate Navy officer, "CSN", southern
manufactured "local" button, (23mm) Backmark: blank copper back, with channel |
Albert CS66A | Tice CSN266A1 | $4,500 |
Confederate Artillery buttons, click item number to view:
| B5482 |
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Confederate Artillery stippled "A"
English imported button (24mm) Backmark: "H T & B / * MANCHESTER * " dm on a very flat back, outer ring of dots, back is silvered |
Albert CS101A | Tice CSA200A1 | $300 |
| B5501 |
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Confederate Artillery Lined "A" English
imported button (22.5mm) Recovered: Polk Winter Camp Shelbyville TN |
Albert CS102A2 | Tice CSA203A3 | Sold! |
| B4290 |
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Confederate Artillery Lined "A"
English imported button (19.5mm) Backmark: " Smith Kemp Wright / Birmingham" rays around fixed shank Recovered: Moncks Corner SC (near Charleston) |
Albert CS103 not listed | Tice CSA206B2 | $600 |
| B5383 |
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Confederate Artillery Lined "A" English
imported button (19.5mm) Backmark: "P. TAIT & Co / (dot) LIMERICK (dot) " dm outer ring of dots, floating shank, |
Albert CS103A | Tice CSA206B1 | $950 |
| B1507 |
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Confederate Artillery Manuscript "A"
English imported button (22.5mm) Backmark: "HALFMANN & TAYLOR / (dot) MONTGOMERY (dot) / ALABAMD" dm Recovered Dinwiddie, Va |
Albert CS105A | Tice CSA212A1 | $450 |
| B5484 |
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Confederate Artillery Manuscript "A"
English imported button (22.5mm) Backmark: "HALFMANN & TAYLOR / (dot) MONTGOMERY (dot) / ALABAMD" dm Recovered: Charleston SC |
Albert CS105A1 | Tice CSA212A1 | Sold! |
| B5382 |
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Confederate Artillery script "A" English
imported button (22.5mm) Backmark: "S. ISAACS CAMPBELL & CO. / (dot) LONDON (dot) / 71. JERMYN. ST." dm |
Albert CS107A1 | Tice CSA215A1 | $900 |
| B5251 |
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Confederate Artillery script "A" English imported
button (22.5mm) Backmark: "S. ISAACS CAMPBELL & CO. / (dot) LONDON (dot) / 71. JERMYN. ST." dm Recovered: Charleston, SC |
Albert CS107A1 | Tice CSA215A1 | $450 Sale Pending! |
| B3829 |
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Confederate Artillery block "A", false three
part, southern manufactured "local" button (21.6mm)
Backmark: blank with a channel, probably made by C Rouyer. Button is very high dome with false rim, probably made to be similar to a staff button Recovered: Stafford County, Va |
Albert CS116 to 117 not listed | Tice CSA241A1 | $900 |
| B3221 |
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Confederate Artillery block "A"
southern manufactured "local" button (22.5mm)
Iron back, weak ring around the shank, no other markings, backs are always crudely crimped, |
Albert CS117A | Tice CSA243A1 (iron back) | Sale Pending! |
| B5384 |
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Confederate Artillery block "A"
southern manufactured "local" button (22.5mm) Backmark: iron back, weak ring around the shank, no other markings, backs are always crudely crimped |
Albert CS117A | Tice CSA243A1 (iron back) | $700 |
Confederate Cavalry buttons, click item number to view:
| B5385 |
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Confederate Cavalry stippled "C"
English imported button (24mm) Backmark: "H T & B / * MANCHESTER * " dm |
Albert CS126A | Tice CSC200A1 | $500 |
| B4706 |
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Confederate Cavalry Lined "C"
English imported button (22.5mm)
Backmark: "SUPERIOR QUALITY / (dot) " dm |
Albert CS127A1 | Tice CSC203A2 | $500 |
| B5274 |
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Confederate Cavalry Lined "C" English
imported button (22.5mm) Recovered: north Georgia 1864 campaign |
Albert CS127A1 | Tice CSC203A2 | $350 |
| B5386 |
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Confederate Cavalry Lined "C" English
imported button (22.5mm) Backmark: "SUPERIOR QUALITY / (dot) " dm |
Albert CS127A1 | Tice CSC203A2 | $500 |
| B5387 |
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Confederate Cavalry Lined "C" English
imported button (22.5mm) Backmark: "SUPERIOR QUALITY / (dot) " dm |
Albert CS127A1 | Tice CSC203A2 | $500 Sale Pending! |
| B5502 |
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Confederate Cavalry Lined "C" English
imported button (22.5mm) Backmark: "SUPERIOR QUALITY / (dot) " dm Recovered: Tullahoma TN |
Albert CS127A1 | Tice CSC203A2 | Sold! |
| B3681 |
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Confederate Cavalry Lined "C"
English imported button (22.5mm)
Backmark: blank with no contours, this is English manufacture, blank to disguise the origin, probably Smith Kemp Wright |
Albert CS127A2 | Tice CSC203A4 | $450 |
| B5388 |
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Confederate Cavalry script "C" English imported button (22.5mm) Backmark: "SUPERIOR / (dot) QUALITY (dot) " dm This version of Superior Quality backmark is rarely seen variant apparently only used on these lettered script series of buttons. | Albert CS130A1 | Tice CSC215A2 | Sold! |
| B5389 |
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Confederate Cavalry script "C" English
imported button (22.5mm) Backmark: "S. ISAACS CAMPBELL & CO. / (dot) LONDON (dot) / 71. JERMYN. ST." dm |
Albert CS130A | Tice CSC215A1 | $1,300 |
Confederate Engineer buttons, click item number to view:
| B4628 |
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Confederate Engineer stippled script "E" English imported button (24mm)
Backmark: "H T & B / * MANCHESTER * " dm |
Albert CS153A | Tice CSE200A1 | Sold! |
| B5390 |
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Confederate Engineer stippled script "E"
English imported button (24mm) Backmark: "W. DOWLER / (dot) SUPERIOR QUALITY (dot)" dm |
Albert CS154A | Tice CSE215A1 | $2,500 |
Confederate Infantry buttons, smuggled through the blockade, click item number to view:
| B5391 |
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Confederate Infantry stippled "I"
English imported button (24mm) Backmark: "H T & B / * MANCHESTER * " dm |
Albert CS171A | Tice CSI200A1 | $700 |
| B5449 |
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Confederate Infantry stippled "I" button (24mm) Backmark: "H T & B / * MANCHESTER * " dm Recovered: Wilmington NC |
Albert CS171A | Tice CSI200A1 | Sale Pending! |
| B5159 |
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Confederate Infantry lined "I" button (22.8mm) Backmark: "SUPERIOR QUALITY / (dot) " dm Recovered: central Virginia |
Albert CS172A1 | Tice CSI203A3 | Sale Pending! |
| B5179 |
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Confederate Infantry lined "I" button (22.8mm) Backmark: "SUPERIOR QUALITY / (dot) " dm Recovered: central Virginia |
Albert CS172A1 | Tice CSI203A3 | Sale Pending! |
| B5207 |
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Confederate Infantry lined "I" button (22.8mm) Backmark: "SUPERIOR QUALITY / (dot) " dm Recovered: central Virginia |
Albert CS172A1 | Tice CSI203A3 | Sale Pending! |
| B4915 |
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Confederate Infantry manuscript "I"
button (22mm) Backmark: blank, recessed well, has P Tait type floating shank, unmarked back |
Albert CS175 not listed | Tice CSI212A6 | $375 |
| B5392 |
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Confederate Infantry Manuscript "I"
English imported button (22.5mm) Backmark: "HALFMANN & TAYLOR / (dot) MONTGOMERY (dot) / ALABAMD" dm |
Albert CS175A1 | Tice CSI212A1 | $325 |
| B5500 |
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Confederate Infantry manuscript "I"
English imported button (18.2mm) Backmark: "P. TAIT & Co / (dot) LIMERICK (dot) " dm |
Albert CS175Av | Tice CSI212Am1 | $200 |
| B5220 |
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Confederate Infantry script "I" button (22.5mm) Backmark: "S. ISAACS CAMPBELL & CO. / (dot) LONDON (dot) / 71. JERMYN. ST." dm Recovered: central Virginia |
Albert CS177A | Tice CSI215A2 | Sale Pending! |
| B5393 |
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Confederate Infantry script "I"
English imported button (22.5mm) Backmark: "SUPERIOR / (dot) QUALITY (dot) " dm |
Albert CS177 not listed | Tice CSI215B1 | $325 |
| B5402 |
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Confederate Infantry script "I"
English imported button (22.5mm) Backmark: "S. ISAACS CAMPBELL & CO. / (dot) LONDON (dot) / 71. JERMYN. ST." dm Recovered: Stafford County, Virginia |
Albert CS177A | Tice CSI215A2 | Sold! |
| B5403 |
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Confederate Infantry script "I"
English imported button (13mm) Backmark: "TREBLE RICH / (dot) STANDd (dot)" dm Recovered: Stafford County, Virginia |
Albert CS177Av | Tice CSI215As1 | $250 |
Confederate Infantry buttons "local" made in the South, click item number to view:
| B5202 |
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Confederate Infantry block "I" button (23mm) Backmark: "E. M. L & C. / RICHMOND. VA. " rmdc Recovered: central Virginia |
Albert CS181A | Tice CSI240A1 | Sold! |
| B5412 |
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Confederate Infantry block "I"
southern manufactured "local" button (22.5mm) Backmark:
"E. M. LEWIS & CO / RICHM'D. VA. " rmdc, This version of the
Lewis backmark is scarce. Recovered: Stafford County, Virginia |
Albert CS181A1 | Tice CSI240A2 | $225 |
| B5106 |
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Confederate Infantry block "I" southern
manufactured "local" button (22.5mm) Backmark: blank iron back, rounded channel, |
Albert CS182 - 183 not listed | Tice CSI243A3 | $75 |
| B5414 |
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Confederate Infantry block "I"
southern manufactured "local" button (22.5mm) Backmark: blank copper back, ring of dots |
Albert CS182A (copper back) | Tice CSI243B1 | $600 |
| B5138 |
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Confederate Infantry block "I" button (22.5mm)
Backmark: blank iron back, ring of dots loosely spaced, Recovered: Richmond Va |
Albert CS182A (iron back) | Tice CSI243B2 | $115 |
| B5395 |
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Confederate Infantry block "I" southern
manufactured "local" button (22.5mm) Backmark: blank iron back, ring of dots loosely spaced, |
Albert CS182A (iron back) | Tice CSI243B2 | $550 |
| B5497 |
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Confederate Infantry "western theater"
block "I" southern manufactured "local" button (23mm)
Backmark: blank iron back, deep rounded channel results in a back that seems more convex than most and sometimes referred to as "puffback", Recovered: Shelbyville TN |
Albert CS182 - 183 not listed | Tice CSI244A1 Plate E5-12 | $150 |
| B5133 |
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Confederate Infantry cast block "I" button (23mm)
Recovered: Atlanta campaign |
Albert CS184A | Tice CSI275A1 | Sale Pending! |
| B5151 |
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Confederate Infantry cast block "I" button (23mm)
Recovered: Atlanta campaign |
Albert CS184A | Tice CSI275A1 | Sale Pending! |
| B5204 |
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Confederate Infantry cast block "I" button (23mm)
Recovered: Atlanta campaign |
Albert CS184A | Tice CSI275A1 | Sale Pending! |
| B5278 |
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Confederate Infantry cast block "I" button (23mm)
Recovered: Atlanta campaign |
Albert CS184A | Tice CSI275A1 | $135 |
| B5279 |
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Confederate Infantry cast block "I" button (23mm)
Recovered: Atlanta campaign |
Albert CS184A | Tice CSI275A1 | Sold! |
| B5394 |
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Confederate Infantry cast block "I" button (23mm) | Albert CS184A | Tice CSI275A1 | $375 |
| B5498 |
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Confederate Infantry cast block "I" button (23mm)
Recovered: Atlanta campaign |
Albert CS184A | Tice CSI275A1 | $135 |
| B5183 |
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Confederate Infantry, "I" cast white metal button (22mm)
Backmark: blank back one piece white metal casting, integral shank with mold seam |
Albert CS185A | Tice CSI278B1 | Sold! |
| B5277 |
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Confederate Infantry white metal cast
Block "I" southern manufactured "local" button (22.5mm)
Backmark: blank back one piece white metal casting, integral shank with mold seam Recovered: north Georgia 1864 campaign |
Albert CS185B | Tice CSI278B1 | $175 |
| B4626 |
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Confederate Infantry block "I" with
stars, southern manufactured "local" button (23.5mm) Backmark: iron back, weak ring around the shank |
Albert CS186A | Tice CSI255A1 | $1,600 |
| B5218 |
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Confederate
Infantry block "I" with stars button (23.5mm) Backmark: iron back, weak ring around the shank Recovered: Petersburg VA |
Albert CS186A | Tice CSI255A1 | $350 |
| B5219 |
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Confederate
Infantry block "I" with stars button (23.5mm) Backmark: iron back, weak ring around the shank Recovered: Petersburg VA |
Albert CS186 | Tice CSI255A1 | Sold! |
| B5451 |
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Confederate Infantry script "I", "CS",
southern manufactured "local" button, (22.5mm) Backmark: blank depressed wide channel with star, made by Wildt |
Albert CS189A | Tice CSI261A1 (iron shank) | Sale Pending! |
| B5452 |
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Confederate Infantry script "I", "CS",
southern manufactured "local" button, (22.5mm) Backmark: blank depressed wide channel with star, made by Wildt |
Albert CS189A | Tice CSI261A1 (iron shank) | $1,200 |
Confederate Riflemen buttons, click item number to view:
| B5396 |
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Confederate Rifleman stippled "R"
English imported button (24mm) Backmark: "H T & B / * MANCHESTER * " dm |
Albert CS201A | Tice CSR200A1 | $550 |
| B5036 |
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Confederate Rifleman stippled "R"
English imported button (21.2mm)
Backmark: "W. DOWLER / (dot) SUPERIOR QUALITY (dot)" dm |
Albert CS202A | Tice CSR202A1 | $2,000 |
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