-40%
U.S. Dragoon Cuff Button - 1830's - 1840's (NON-DUG)
U.S. Dragoon Cuff Button - 1830's - 1840's (NON-DUG)
U.S. Dragoon Cuff Button - 1830's - 1840's (NON-DUG)
U.S. Dragoon Cuff Button - 1830's - 1840's (NON-DUG)
U.S. Dragoon Cuff Button - 1830's - 1840's (NON-DUG)
U.S. Dragoon Cuff Button - 1830's - 1840's (NON-DUG)
U.S. Dragoon Cuff Button - 1830's - 1840's (NON-DUG)
U.S. Dragoon Cuff Button - 1830's - 1840's (NON-DUG)

U.S. Dragoon Cuff Button - 1830's - 1840's (NON-DUG)

$ 23.76

Availability: 91 in stock
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Modified Item: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Condition: Overall condition NON-DUG - VERY GOOD+

    Description

    This offering is a
    VERY, VERY SCARCE NON-DUG
    U. S  ARMY DRAGOON CUFF BUTTION ISSUED BETWEEN 1830's-1840's.
    Albert
    DR3/
    Tice
    DR206AS13.
    Congress authorized troops to serve as light dragoons during the Revolutionary War, but the arm was disbanded after peace was restored.  The Army organized the 1st Dragoon Regiment in 1833, and the 2nd Dragoons was formed in 1836.The 2nd Dragoons were converted to mounted riflemen in 1842.  At the beginning of the
    Civil
    War, the Dragoon and
    Riflemen
    arms were abolished and the two old regiments were transformed into the 1st and 2nd U. S. Cavalry Regiments.  Dragoons were
    engaged
    in mobile operations against the western Indians, served south of the Rio Grande during the Mexican War.
    U. S. Dragoons,
    two-piece, low-
    convex.  All of these two-piece
    buttons
    were manufactured during the 1830's and 1840's.  The device is a spread eagle with "D" on a shield "Backmark:  "SCOVILLS & CO.,* EXTRA*; dm with an inner ring and two figures resembling footballs, from Fort Riley, Kansas.
    .27mm.  RV10
    Document size: .27mm
    VERY GOOD+
    Condition.
    Includes a plastic button box.