Stamped brass uniform button with American eagle
date: label: Date
content: 1861-1865
name: label: Created by
content: Scovill Manufacturing Company, American
notes: label: Description
content: This small brass button is stamped with the device of a spread eagle with
label: Description
content: shield holding an olive branch in his right claws and three arrows in his left claw. It is a standard small-sized general service button worn by a non-commissioned officer or enlisted man in the U.S. Army. According to U.S. Army historian Rod Gainer, the button was almost certainly made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut, based on the shape of the eagle’s wings.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Military Uniforms
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.4.5
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (fasteners)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: brass (alloy)
label: Dimensions
content: 9/16 x 9/16 x 3/8 x 9/16 in. (1.4 x 1.4 x 1 cm)