New York and Virginia volunteer companies' buttons

Creator

Identifier

BD0022-Brassbuttons

Files

Creation Date

1836

Disciplines

Latin American History | Military History | United States History

Description

File 1: "Brass buttons from New York and Virginia volunteer companies accompany this 1836 militia cross belt plate" The Virginia volunteer companies' button says, Sic Semper Tyrannis.

File 2: Three brass buttons. The largest has the most wear and tear, the medium button is a dark brown color with a figure carved in the middle, the smallest button has an orange color as well as two figures carved in the middle.

Physical Description

.JPG, 2 Photographs, 10 MB

Recommended Citation

Museums of Port Isabel Collection, UTRGV Digital Library, The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley. Accessed via https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/portisabel