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In the 18-mm.-diameter buttons there are two very different shapes, 

 a disk and a spheroid. The disk variety consists of two different 

 grades. Both are of the same diameter and thickness, 1.0 mm., and 

 on both a wire loop was brazed on the base for attachment. The 

 better grade was made of a finer quality of brass and the disk, after 

 being punched from the stock plate, had its edges slightly rounded 

 and smoothed. "Whether the disk was cupped ever so slightly at the 

 time of punching or later on when the words "Warranted" and "H. 

 Orange" were stamped on the reverse side cannot be determined 

 (fig. 11, a). A very shallow circle separates the words from the outer 



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Figure 11. — a. Back and profile view of brass button bearing inscription, "Warranted 

 H. Orange." b. Spheroid button of brass showing measurements and indentation of 

 brass plate, c, Showing fine quality of brass button with the inscription on base, d, An 

 unusually fine specimen of "French"brass button with its highly ornamented top. f, Types 

 of wire shanks used with brass-button construction. 



