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925 silver buttons

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Post by vintage-originals Tue Apr 01, 2014 9:21 pm

925 silver buttons P1300317   925 silver buttons P1300318 

bough a lot of buttons today and found these 925 silver ones with an unknown age and origin in that huge collection ...
i don't know the purpose as well... uniform?
or from garbs?
any knowledge or any idea would be great help...
the look like being handmade...
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Post by berenice Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:07 pm

In my opinion from garbs "Trachtenknöpfe". There was a simple style used, but nevertheless a lot of silver to show that one was well off. Military buttons have usually no visible holes and not such a floral pattern. They should have some age, from a time when Trachten were in use everyday.
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