Button dates from the pre-Revolution up to 1812, showing that style was still widely used. Recovered from the battlefield around the Berezina River. 

Professionally cleaned (I am a former professional museum conservator). Does have a microcrystalline wax coat applied to prevent further oxidation. 

The button is stable and ready for display. 

US quarter shown for scale.

I have terrible eyesight, so I can work with these materials only a few hours per day and under extreme magnification.

Mechanical cleaning methods are all I use (never chemicals). I do sometimes coat the artifacts in a neutral microcrystalline wax, but only if required and it will be noted in the description.

From a smoke-free home.


I am visually disabled. If I miss something, it is NOT intentional.