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    About two years ago, I found a plastic bag full of brass buttons in the depths of our garage. They were post Civil War, and at the time, I didn't care much about them. Recently, I dug back into the buttons and decided to learn about them. The majority of them are Second World War U.S. Navy buttons, followed by post Civil War general service buttons. A few of them stood out. Here they are!


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    World War One Russian buttons. I have one more stashed somewhere.



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    1895 Russian grenadier button. I also have a gold one with crossed cannons.





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    World War One Imperial German button.




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    World War One Imperial German Navy button. This was field (sea) modified by the soldier. Originally, this button had a back. It was lost, and the soldier punched two holes in it so he could still use it.




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    World War One Imperial German company button. This would have belong to the first company in the German army.


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    World War one Imperial German army button.



    Btw, that's moss, not my living room carpet.
    "The education of a man is never completed until he dies." Robert E. Lee

  • #2
    That is an interesting collection.
    Remember that the Russians did not become the "bad guys " until after the 2nd WW.
    Bruce
    In life there are losers and finders. Which one are you?

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    • Kentucky point
      Kentucky point commented
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      I put them in the Danger category even prior to the first world war. The Russian czars weren't exactly nice. Czar Alexander III (1881-1894) controlled the press and schools strictly, and ordered the Jewish people to live in certain provinces. He also subjected the Jews to periodic organized massacres called pogroms. After Czar Alexander, his son Nicholas II (1894-1917) came to power. He was useless. After he lost the Russo-Japanese war, a priest and a large crowd came to his palace with their greivences. Russian troops fired on them, killing hundreds. This happened January 22, 1905. World War one came about, and when they were losing, craphead Lenin came about and started the Russian Revolution. That's when Russia went south, and fast.

  • #3
    That's pretty cool, who collected them and when?
    Searching the fields of NW Indiana and SW Michigan

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    • Kentucky point
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      My grandfather must have bought them at an auction years ago. He bought anything that suited his fancy. I know he was a few years too young to join the second world war, and he was crushed. He knew every battle fact, every division, every commander...

      He collected world war weapons, and restored them for years. When he died a few years ago, my grandmother gave most of it to my great uncle.

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    German propaganda poster, circa 1916. I have no clue what it says.


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    German soldiers in the trenches.




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    German artillery group.
    "The education of a man is never completed until he dies." Robert E. Lee

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      Boys in the Russian army.


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      Russians on the march.




      By 1917, Russia was whipped. Communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin started the Bolshevik Revolution, and enslaved Russia in Communism.
      "The education of a man is never completed until he dies." Robert E. Lee

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      • #6
        I like how the anchor button with the holes punched looks like a smiley face with a mustache. The Russian people were not necessarily bad guys, they were victims.

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        • rock ON.
          rock ON. commented
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          Your grandfather was fortunate to have been too young to go. My grandfather went and was literally crushed by a German mortar and died a miserable death days later. Leaving my gran to raise his 3 yr old daughter [my mother] without him. The glory of war.

      • #7
        Really nice collection . Don’t put the China in the cabinet .
        As much hobby as work you do I would have those sewn on a shirt for an event . Great conversation piece !
        Use them . There is a way to thread those on so they will not come off .

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