RELIC CONFEDERATE SCRIPT “I” COAT BUTTON FROM EXCELSIOR FIELD, GETTYSBURG

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Item Code: 532-185

This is an excavated script “I” infantry button as used by the Confederacy.  Coat size. Imported from England. Face is very good. The back displays portions of the maker’s backmark, “S. Isaacs Campbell & Co. London”. Shank is present and slightly leaning. This button displays a perfect dark brown patina overall.

Recovered from Excelsior Field, Gettysburg.

From the collection of Ron Miller, brother of noted Gettysburg relic hunter Ed Miller. Ron was born in Gettysburg and was a teacher by profession. He walked and hunted the surrounding farm fields his entire life in search of relics. He was a member of the Adams County Historical Society and the Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania.  [jet] [ph:m]

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