Hi Folks,

I used to own a book that I have since misplaced, and I am trying to reconstruct what the title was …

My memory pictures a small, maybe 6 x 9 inch, red, hard cover book that listed all sorts of manufacturers of buttons and maybe other accoutrements from the Civil War era … I seem to remember pictures of lots of brass button backs with "TREBLE GILT" inscriptions, etc. I might be wrong about the Civil War connection, but I think that was the purpose of the book, although the manufacturers could also be logically linked to civilian production as well.

This was a very thorough, high quality publication …

Does this ring any bells with the 'button folk' out there?

Thanks in advance.

Mark



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