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Object Name |
Button |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.01561 |
Description |
Confederate Navy button with backmark: "FIRMIN & SONS/ 153 STRAND LONDON". |
Material |
Metal/Brass |
Dimensions |
Dia-0.875 inches |
Owned |
Raphael Semmes; Sallie West Young |
Made |
Firmin and Sons, London, England, Great Britain, United Kingdom |
Provenance |
This button was given to Ms. Sallie West Young by Admiral Raphael Semmes. Semmes cut the button off his coat for Ms. Young while in Paris. The encounter between Admiral Semmes and Ms. Young took place soon after the CSS Alabama was sunk. |
People |
Semmes, Raphael Young, Sallie West |
Search Terms |
Confederate States Navy |
Subjects |
Navies |