US INFANTRY “I” COAT BUTTON RECOVERED AT GETTYSBURG – KEN BREAM COLLECTION

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Item Code: 1163-209A

Very nice condition with a good amount of remaining gilt mixed with a nice light chocolate brown patina. Shank missing. Very small amount of damage on reverse. Backmark partially visible. Specific location of recovery not known.

This button was found by local Gettysburg resident and relic hunter Ken Bream. Mr. Bream was born and raised in Gettysburg and grew up in a house right next to the famous Peach Orchard. He graduated from Gettysburg High School and for a while worked for Johnny Johnson who owned the General Longstreet’s Headquarters Museum which once stood on Seminary Ridge, right along Confederate Avenue near the Longstreet Headquarters marker. Mr. Bream obtained some relics from this now defunct museum and dug many more on private property surrounding the battlefield and on the Confederate approach and retreat routes. This button was obtained from the auction of Mr. Bream’s collection in October of 2021 and was from Lot# 426.  [LD] [PH:L]

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