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

 

Federal Infantry "I" buttons of the Civil War

All items listed are guaranteed authentic to the Civil War or as otherwise described.
Any excavated relics have been recovered from private property with owners permission.

B5107     Federal Infantry, eagle "I" button (22.8mm) 

Eagle facing right with "I" in the shield, generally for officers.  
Backmark: "HORSTMANN & ALLIEN / (dot) NY (dot)" dm between two solid rings, inner ring of rays, Steele & Johnson produced ca 1860. (HorstmannA10)  
Two part convex overcoat size button.  
Stand up shank intact, attractive gilded nondug button.  
Ref: Albert GI85 / 88 not listed, Tice GI215A39 (overcoat)   Sold!

B5108     Federal Infantry, eagle "I" button (22.7mm) 

Eagle facing right with "I" in the shield, generally for officers.  
Backmark: "HORSTMAN (sic) (dot) BROS (dot) & (dot) ALLIEN / (dot) N (dot) Y (dot) " dm between two rings of dots, probably Steele & Johnson ca 1860. (HotstmannA01)  
Two part convex overcoat size button.  
Stand up shank intact, attractive gilded nondug button.  
Ref: Albert GI88A4, Tice GI215A42 (overcoat)   Sold!

B5109     Federal Infantry, eagle "I" button (20.5mm)

Backmark: "Steele & / Johnson" dm
Stand up shank intact, nondug gilded button.
Ref: Albert GI85 / 88, Tice GI215A94         Sold!

B5111     Federal Infantry, eagle "I" button (16mm)

Backmark: "EXTRA / QUALITY" dm
Stand up shank intact, nondug gilded button.
Ref: Albert GI85 / 88, Tice GI215As98           Sold!

B5094     Federal Infantry, eagle "I" button (23mm) 

Eagle facing right with "I" in the shield, generally for officers, this is pattern with split moline.  
Backmark: "EXTRA / * QUALITY * "  dm, inner ring of vertical hyphens, a dot after Quality is not present but may have been obscured by die debris.  Likely a product of Steele & Johnson ca 1860's, and could be transitional.  (ExtraQ06)  
Eagle Infantry two piece button, overcoat size.  
Stand up shank intact, attractive gilded nondug button.  
Ref: Albert GI89 not listed, Tice GI228A12 (overcoat)     Sold!

B5095     Another      Sold!

B5096     Another      Sold!

B5097     Another      Sold!     

B5098     Another      $30.00

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