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13 excavated circa 1890's-1918 French buttons; World War 1- Infantry & Engineers
13 excavated circa 1890's-1918 French buttons; World War 1- Infantry & Engineers
13 excavated circa 1890's-1918 French buttons; World War 1- Infantry & Engineers

13 excavated circa 1890's-1918 French buttons; World War 1- Infantry & Engineers

$ 41.71

Availability: 50 in stock
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: France
  • Condition: All of these French buttons have their shanks on them. All with readable fronts with all designs easily seen. Most are in amazing condition for being in the ground for about 110 or more years. Each has a very nice patina and none need to be cleaned any further.
  • Conflict: WW I (1914-18)

    Description

    This group of 13 French military buttons date to around World War 1- 1914-1918 and earlier. Most were dug in trenches in Western Europe. None of the 13 buttons are missing their shanks. All have readable faces. There is an assortment of Infantry and engineer buttons in this group.
    Most of these could actually be sewn on a French WW-1 reenactor's uniform; they're that nice. Take into account that these buttons are already in the US so you're not paying lots of money to have them imported from France to the US. These buttons come ready to display in a Sgt Riker display case with glass front. Four pins hold the cover down on the black base.
    Don't be confused with the French cuirassier symbol on two of the buttons- which remind you of French cavalry. It's actually the symbol used by the French engineers from pre-Franco-Prussian War of 1870 through WW-1, 1914-1918. The other buttons are an assortment of coat-size and cuff-size infantry buttons. Similarly, the flaming bomb symbol is not Ordnance (artillery) but Infantry. Any French buttons with the flaming bomb design are definitely early 1900's.
    I use to metal detect a Franco-Prussian War battlefield and I never found the flaming bomb buttons in "good" F-P War positions.