Great lot of mid to late 1800s military pins and buttons. As found from the estate of a very famous ww2 pilot! A couple of the pins were loose enough to pop off by hand and photo the backs, the others are in pretty tight and we did not want to risk damaging them. The lot includes a matching set of Waterbury civil war era general service buttons, very rare Prison Guard 2 pin (we believe this to be the latest of all pins, possible early 1900s), a 3.5 civil war union cavalry cross saber pin, civil war cross cannon. Artillery pin (this one came off easy to photo the back, you can see the lead used to attach the points), and a couple other pins of the same era.
Another great part about this lot is it came from the estate of a famous ww2 b52 bomber pilot by the name of Colonel Elwyn "Stubbs" Warfle. He is also the author of the book "one lucky bastard" which speaks to his experiences as a pilot in ww2. Colonel Warfle recently passed in 2022 at the age of 98.We have also acquired multiple other items from the beautiful Mount Vernon estate including other military / ww2 related items, books, multiple personal effects, paper goods, etc. Please message us with any questions!