![]() ![]() Albert's book shows 5 versions of these fake Confederate Navy buttons. The fake's loop looks like (as in seen in poster Badchihuahua's photo) a long horseshoe with its two "legs" soldered into two separate holes in the ground.Īlso, unlike on ALL of the original civil war Confederate Navy buttons, this fake's backmark is written in "plain block" lettering.Ĭounting the cuff version, Mr. The correct loop looks like a perfectly-round car tire (with no hub in the middle) standing up on the ground. In addition to the very weak detail of the emblem, the brass-wire loop is entirely incorrect for actual British-made Confederate Navy buttons. Among other details, he says they were made in England in 1969. Albert's analysis of these buttons on page 363. Albert politely called it an "unauthenticated Confederate" button, but it is absolutely a deliberate fake. ![]() (Sigh) No-no-no-no-no! Although this button is shown in a photo in the Albert button-book, it is NOT "a good (real, original civil war) button." It is shown as a modernday reproduction. ![]()
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