Beautiful 1850s Ordnance Corps Button, 20mm, SCOVILLS & CO. SUPERFINE

Description

This button’s finish is so beautifully consistent dark brown that we at first glance thought it must be a WWI era piece.
But then we read the backmark which places it in the 1840s or 1850s.
The loop is bent over as seen and the button must be an early ground find.
We find it in Tice’s book as ORD215Am and listed as rare in the medium, 20mm size.
Tice dates it to ca. 1851.
First class shipping with tracking .