Carved Button

[fyrffytr1]

Since I don't have any sites to hunt yet I have been going through some older finds and wanted to share this one.
I found this button about 20 years ago in the Hagerstown, Md. area. I have seen carved bullets and even have a few crude ones but this is the only carved button I know of.
It looks like a soldier may have had some idle time while in camp and decided to remove the eagle from a coat button.
It would have been nice to find the eagle

 

[Ill Digger]

Yeah :thinkingabout: That defiantly unique :yes: thumbsup01
Makes ya wonder what he did with the eagle part..... :daydream:
Cool find, Congrats :grin:
Thanks for sharing that

 

[Civil War Nut]

This is all I got to say about that old man , SHOW-OFF ! Ha. Now what you got to say ?

 

[JTGOLD]

neat find.

 

[skrapman]

that is a very unique find. I would be happy to have that in my collection. thanks for showing. erfect10:

 

[CODY]

Nice! Where you get the plastic container its in? Could use some of those.

 

[Civil War Nut]

Hidy f1 . You thank that same man was down here too . found this in Nov . I thank .

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

weird! wonder why someone would do that? wouldn't that be an unpatriotic thing for a soldier to do? ya sure it just didn't corrode off being that the eagle was the high part of the button? :thinkingabout:
those gem containers are nice for buttons,I have a bunch of them

 

[Fire Fighter 43]

Nice find! Thanks for sharing.

 

[fyrffytr1]

Nice! Where you get the plastic container its in? Could use some of those.

Cody,
One of my brothers gave me this tray many years ago. Here is a link that you may want to check out:
http://www.novelbox.com/gem-jars-and-trays-gem-jars.html

 

[fyrffytr1]

Hidy f1 . You thank that same man was down here too . found this in Nov . I thank .

Yours looks to be better cut than mine. How long did it take you? eace:

 

[OxShoeDrew]

Thanks for sharing the tray link, I'm going to check it out.

 

[del]

very cool an unique button , i imagine the down time in between the battles took its toll on every man and one had to find something to occupy his time . its a very interesting piece and a great conversation piece . |:cheering: thanks for showing it .

Dan

 

[Civil War Nut]

Yours looks to be better cut than mine. How long did it take you? eace:

Took me so long to do half of it , the other half just fell out . Ha . Then the back came off .