Collection Highlights
Our Indian Policy
Date:
1875
Object Number:
PR.029.1
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Button
Object Number:
INV.8753
Date:
1860-1865
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 3/4 in. ( 1.3 x 1.9 cm )
Marks:
stamped: front, inside banner: "SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS"; back: "EXTRA/QUALITY"
Description:
Brass coat button; in center is female figure holding spear, and standing over a prostrate body.
Gallery Label:
This button was worn on the unifrom coat of a Virginia soldier serving n the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
