Civil War Virginia Military Institute Coat Button With lineage. VMI

Description

Virginia Military Institute Civil War Coat Button With Linage..
beautiful button with staff though the E
Very solid button with lots of gold guild left on the excavated button.
Dug on the man’s plantation site with permission.
Confederate States of America
1850’s-60’s
VMI Cadet
Two piece convex
21 MM
B/M R&W Robinson dm on ribbon with an eagle between swallowtail end.
Buyer will receive linage on the young man of 16 who wore this button before the out break of the civil War.
I personally dug this button and is the best of the ones I dug from this site.
Thanks and good luck