Old Kemper Button

[buck57]

Had a two hour hunt this morning back at the closed down Kemper Military School, and found, I think, my oldest button yet. An old employee I.D.'d it as a Kemper Infantry button, but we are unsure of the date. Looked online for an hour today with no luck. Any help would be appriciated. On the back, it has a threaded post instead of a pin. Thanks, and HH. Eric

 

[del]

hey Buck i'm pretty sure its a collar insignia pin and not a button , this link will not have your spacific one but you might be able to date yours by the same back construction.

http://hglanham.tripod.com/metalinsignia/collardisk1.html

Dan

 

[buck57]

Thanks del. Yea, I should of known it was a pin because of the threaded post. Good hunting to ya, Eric

 

[del]

to me it looks very similar to the WWI era type collar pins Buck.

 

[buck57]

Del, after I cleaned it up last night with a salty/vinegar paste, I notice the small dots all over, and thought about some pic's I saw earlier on google, which showed some thing simular to this and it was a WW1 pin. But i thought you would give me the official I.D. thanks again del...