This is a wonderful non-dug example of the brass button as worn on the uniforms of the cadets at the Virginia Military Academy in Lexington, VA.  This handsome coat-size button is of two-piece construction with a braided rope border.  Retains over 98% of original gold gilt on the face.  The circular, 21-mm brass device is in excellent condition and exhibits a seal that shows Virtus dressed in a helmet standing victoriously over the prostrate form of Tyranny.  Large raised block letters “C A D E T ” are shown above Virtus, while same size letters “V.M.I.” rest below her form.    Back side tarnished, with straight shank.  Backmark of “R & W ROBINSON” within a ribbon.  Tice # VAS294A1.  A fine V.M.I. school cadet button in excellent addition.   [jet]

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