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Maryland State Seal Coat Button - Front Only

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Item: Maryland State Seal Coat Button - Front only
Backmark: Undetermined
Design: Maryland state seal (See Comments section below for additional information)
Construction: High convex, three-piece.
Approximate size: 22 mm.
Condition: Good, excavated. The front of the button has plenty of gilt with a mild center push. The rim and back are missing. This button has no pushes, cracks, breaks, or repairs.
Recovered: Unknown
Reference: Tice: MD200; Albert: MD 11
Comments: Though this button was acquired directly from the digger, he unfortunately could not remember where it was recovered. Perhaps you have a button back, with an appropriate backmark, to complete the button? It will be an excellent display piece or addition to any excavated Civil War button or general relic collection.

Also, according to Tice on page 310 regarding the state seal found on the front of the button:

"In 1854 the state restored the use of a modified Calvert seal of the Lords Baltimore. The reverse, or arms, of this seal was struck on Civil War Maryland buttons. It shows a shield inscribed with quartered arms of Calvert and Crossland families surmounted by an eagle. Six vertical bands intersected by a diagonal stripe make up the Calvert portion. A Greek cross with arms ending in trefoils represents the Crossland arms. Written on a scroll under the shield is the Latin motto Crescite et Mulitplicimini, meaning "increase and multiply". A farmer supports one side of the shield, while a fisherman props up the other."

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Product Code:

PC11557

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Price:

250.00

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