Collection of Thirty-five Mostly American Military Brass Uniform Buttons, and Four Button Reference Books

Description:

Collection of Thirty-five Mostly American Military Brass Uniform Buttons, andFour Button Reference Books, mounted on a cardboard panel with identification below, most dating from 1798 to the 1840s, four Civil War Confederate buttons, two civilian made of pewter, accompanied by four button reference books: Uniform Buttons: American Armed Forces 1784-1948, Vol. I and II, by David F. Johnson (Watkins Glen, New York: Century House, 1848),The American Historical Buttons, by David F. Johnson (New Market, New Jersey, c. 1848),and The Emilio Collection of Military Buttons, by Luis Fenollosa Emilio (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911).
Estimate $600-800


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