Friday, January 2, 2015

Confederate Artillery: Block A Repair

Here is the rather common CS Artillery button constructed of a brass face, tin back and brass shank. The back is totally gone as you can see and the button has been bent over in half. These have a relatively high copper content making the relic more malleable than most.  The repair requires making a back appear like rusted tin and installing the characteristic off-center elongated loop found in these varieties.