Button, Military
- Object Name:
- Button, Military
- Object ID:
- 1964.016.03.01.1-.10
- Creator:
- Evans, Daniel & Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Attleboro, MA
- Date:
- 1862-1865
- Description:
- Military Buttons, group of ten identical. Gilded, stamped brass shell. Rampant eagle holding arrows and an olive branch in talons; "I" impressed on a shield on the chest of the eagle. "D. EVANS & CO. / ATTLEBORO, MASS." stamped on back plate around a steel wire shank. Part of a set of 24 buttons from the uniform of Elias F. Smith (1835-1906).
- Material:
- Metal
Brass
Steel - Dimensions:
- D-0.5 Dia-0.8 inches
- Provenance:
- Mary I. Smith, the donor, was the daughter of Elias F. Smith (1835-1906).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mary I. Smith
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