Spanish Artillery [Button]

Name/Title

Spanish Artillery [Button]

Description

Mid-to-late-1700s Spanish artillery button, hand cast, has a deeply concave reverse, is made of bronze alloy, and has an integral shank with drilled eyelet..

Context

These buttons were used by Spanish Colonial Artillery units and are known as the Presidio type. They have been recovered from sites such as St. Augustine and Pensacola. This button was recovered from the latter (Pensacola).