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The Federal Eagle W/ Scottish Jewel Legend Indentees 

    Hello and welcome to Isabela’s 1789 George Washington Inaugural buttons library. My name is Robert J. Silverstein, and I am the Author, Creator, and Developer of this Collector’s Library for America’s 1st Political and early Federal and State Militia buttons. The pages created in this websites Library are my personal “interests of study” while in the pursuit of collecting and studying George Washington Inaugural and New Nation Tribute buttons. For the first time in button collecting history, I was able to identify the inaugural button Artisans in 1789, who engraved the steel dies for the manufacturing of the buttons. My research led me to conclude that all these 1789-97 celebratory button dies were the works of Robert Scot of Edinburg, Scotland, and his guild of Philadelphia Artisans. These men were all associated through the engraving guilds, and then afterward (socially) through the Scottish-Rite Lodge fraternities. These Artisans made all the 1789, celebratory button steel dies through commissions that were most likely accepted by Scot, and then crafted by a network of artisans under him in the various state guilds. These commission orders were directly for the purpose of American Propaganda for the celebration of our New Federal Government and First elected President. Even though, the steel dies were created here in America, the British manufactured most of these varieties because the states lacked the mined raw metal resources, and on-line manufacturers to manufacture them. It should be noted that there was a few limited capability manufacturers in the states who re-used fabricated metals to produce certain varieties, but they did so in very limited quantity.

    Through the identification of the engravers, and the religious heraldry symbols they took from the Scottish Royal Culture, I found another Sub-Variant kind of 1789, GWI & NNT Celebratory button that have Scottish-Rite Masonic Ritual symbols. My theory is that certain Masonic Lodge Worshipful Masters had lodge buttons made for their own members. These buttons were made to celebrate their victory in their struggle for a New Scottish Republic in America. These sub-variant Masonic themed buttons were embedded with Scottish Royal culture and religious tributes that stem from ancient times. All George Washington inaugurals and NNT buttons carry operative mason geometrical attributions, but only the sub-variant lodge buttons carry Masonic symbols that are associated with their ritual practices. I believe that each lodge’s Worshipful Master chose there own lodge’s celebratory button pattern from the 1789, GWI and NNT buttons and used an allusion technique that hid these Masonic symbols in-cover of American Patriot symbols. Through the different sub-patterns found, I have come to believe that no two lodges used the same GWI or NNT celebratory pattern. This would conform to practices still used by todays lodges. Also, metal detector enthusiasts have found these Masonic sub-variant lodge buttons in specific areas of the state. With these dug button provenance I might be able to one day narrow down a specific lodge to a dug button.

    Collectors should also note that wearing Lodge-Based Motif Propaganda Buttons / Pins is a customary practice even today, and this custom can be traced back to the earlier 17th century lodges in Scotland and England. In past centuries lodge members would trim their jackets with specialized buttons as a fashionable political or social statement. Today their motifs usually just represent the lodge’s chosen historical motif or geographical area (My lodge uses the Hudson River & Minuteman depiction). In the late 18th century, a Scottish-Rite Jacobite would look at it as a tribute to their hard earned victory for a New Republic in America, and also view George Washington as a respected Brother and a humble President just became a Grandmaster of a new Scottish-Rite lodge. 

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Share Pictures of their Treasures in Order to Promote the Hobby.”
Robert J. Silverstein

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    Listed below are the various George Washington Inaugural & New Nation Tribute buttons, along with Post-Colonial U.S. Military buttons. In the Top Menu Bar, I wrote some Concept Note Articles on late 18th & early 19th century engraved objects. All the various buttons and engraved objects are displayed within it’s own boxed section or as a link at the top of the homes page. When you click on the artifact section you are interested in, it will lead you into the pages containing either all the known example types, or the examples that I have been able to upload so far. I will do my best to provide you with the best quality photos utilizing real specimens from either my own collection or from metal detector enthusiast finds or collectors submissions. Most sections will not have reproductions unless for cross-examination purposes. I will have a separate Anniversary section to highlight the noted differences from the original issues. I believe it is important for collectors and researchers to study both! One last note, anyone who own a George Washington Inaugural button, I ask that you please take a few minutes and photo your button. I am trying to catalog every known specimen to exist! Since I began collecting GWI buttons 20 years ago there were only 650 specimens known. By tracking public and private sales over the years, I was able to conclude there are around 1,350 +(-) 5% of the given variant. My goal for this website is to make the GWI library complete one day for future collectors, Promote Patriotism through our history in buttons, and attract new collectors into the field of GWI & Military button collecting. Just remember, it is only with your help that I can turn this library into a valuable tool for all future American Political & Military Button collectors.

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* GWI 1 & NNT 1 * MARCH THE FOURTH 1789 MEMORABLE ERA	* NEW NATION TRIB. 2 * THE FEDERAL EAGLE WITH U.S. MOTTO BANNER RIBBON	* THE NEW REPUBLIC * BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE MAJESTY OF THE PEOPLE SCOTTISH-RITE TRIBUTE	* GWI 4 * THE G.W. MONOGRAM WITH THE LINKED STATES LEGEND	* GWI 5 * THE G.W. MONOGRAM WITH A SALIENT STYLE BORDER
* GWI 6 * THE G.W. MONOGRAM W/ CHRISTIAN AND SAINT ANDREW’S CROSSES	* GWI 7 * THE G.W. MONOGRAM WITH HEXAGONAL LEGEND INDENTEES	* GWI 8 * THE PLAIN ROMAN G.W. MONOGRAM CENTER	* GWI 9 * THE DOTTED SCRIPT G.W. MONOGRAM CENTER	*GWI 10 * THE G.W. MONOGRAM W/ THE FOUR STIPPLE ORNAMENT BORDER
* GWI 11 * THE G.W. MONOGRAM IN THE OVAL CENTER	* GWI 12 * THE EAGLE WITH A HERALDIC ESTOILE SQUARE PUNCH BORDER	* GWI 13 * THE EAGLE WITH AN EIGHT POINT ESTOILE AND VARIABLE BORDER	* GWI 14 * A FEDERAL TYPE EAGLE WITH A SMALL STAR AND COLONIAL BORDER	* NEW NATION TRB.15 * A FEDERAL EAGLE WITH 13 STARS FORMING A GLORY
* NEW NATION TRIB. 16 * AMERICAN MADE FEDERAL EAGLE WITH UNION FLAG	* GWI 17 * LONG LIVE PRESIDENT ROMAN LAUREL CROWN AMERICAN 5 POINT STAR	* GWI 18 * LONG LIVE PRESIDENT WITH FIFTEEN STARS * 1793 to 1797 *	* GWI 19 * GEORGE WASHINGTON THE PATER PATRIAE FATHER OF FATHERLAND	* GWI 20 * THE ENGRAVED SCRIPT G.W. MONOGRAM W/ BAY LEAVE SWIRL
* GWI 21 * FEDERAL EAGLE WITH SWIRLY SCRIPT AND G.W. MONOGRAM	* GWI 22 * THE G.W. MONOGRAM W/ PHRYGIAN CAP & BAY LEAVE SWIRL	* GWI 23 * THE FEDERAL EAGLE W/ G.W. MONOGRAM AND PHRYGIAN CAP	* GWI 24 * THE FEDERAL EAGLE W/ SCOTTISH JEWEL LEGEND INDENTEES	* GWI 25 * ISABELA’S WAR EAGLE SCRIPT GW MONOGRAM RAISED CIRCLE BORDER
* NEW NATION TRB 26 * PHRYGIAN CAP ON LIBERTY POLE WITH 1789 DATE	* GWI 27 * CRUDE FEDERAL EAGLE WITH FIFTEEN STARS REV. POLITICAL CUFF	*1789 * NEW NATION TRIB. 28 THE FEDERAL EAGLE W/ 13 STARS ABOVE	* GWI 29 * DATED 1793 GEORGE WASHINGTON PORTRAIT U.S. CENT	* GWI 30 * GEORGE WASHINGTON PROFILE WITH INAUGURATION DATE
* 1801 – 1890 * GEORGE WASHINGTON INDEPEND. & INAUGURAL ANNIVERSARY ISSUES	* 1789 – 1793 * LONG LIVE THE KING KING & CONSTITUTION BUTTONS	* 1775 – 1783 * AMERICAN TORY & BRITISH CROWN LOYALIST BUTTONS	* 1775 – 1784 * THE FRENCH ARMY TROUPES A PIED INFANTERIE de LIGNE	* 1777 – 1783 * RATTLESNAKE BUTTONS & LATER DATE PATRIOT BUTTONS
* 1776 – 1783 * The American – Continental Army – State Regiments	* 1767 – 1783 * The British Army Royal Artillery & Regiment of Foot	* 1775 – 1780’s * Continental Navy Officers The French Colonial Troops The Royal Navy 1748-1820’s	* 1792 – 1796 * Anthony Wayne’s Legion -1798 to 1802- American Infantry Regt.’s	* 1776 – 1802 * Continental Artillery Artillerist & Eng. Corps of Engineers
* 1790 – 1854 * – Dragoons – Regt Of Riflemen * Militia Rifles *	* 1776 – 1865 * Various State Militia Buttons Infantry * Artillery	* 1808 – 1854 * Federal Infantry Army Regiments Officers & Enlisted	* 1802 – 1865 * U.S. Artillery Regt. Artillery Corps Militia Artillery Buttons	* 1812 – 1851 * The Federal Army Ordnance Dept. Artillery & Corps
* 1813 – 1863 * – Topographical – Orig. General Staff Engineers to Corps	* 1790 – 1820’s * U.S. Federal Official & Diplomatic Service Army * Navy	* 1794 – 1865 * -United States Navy- Republic of Texas Confederate Navy	*1790 – 1863 * – Dept of Treasury – Revenue Marine Buttons	* 1798 – 1865 * – U.S. Marines – Navy Department’s Naval Infantry
* 1745 – 1775 * The Scottish Royal *Liberty Button * Honey Bee & Dog Star	* 1789 * Royal Scottish Support Button For Fellow Mason George Washington	* 1778 – 1782 * George Washington French Spy Button	* 1778 – 1782 * George Washington Jacobite Spy Button	* 1778 – 1782 * George Washington American Spy Button
* 1816 – 1865 * Military Academies Schools & University Northern * Southern	* 1780-1815 * Mason Fraternity Buttons Scottish & English Freemason Loyalists	* Early American Button * Treasures of the Isabela Collection ~ X ~	* 18th & 19th Century * Military Generals Navy Admirals	* 1860 – 1865 * Confederate States Army General & General Staff Local & British Made
* 1790 – 1815 * U. S. Cap Plates Shoulder Plates Belt Buckles	Late 18th Century New Jersey Jesuit Buttons ~ Coming Soon ~	* NEW NATION TRIB. 32* A JAMES MADISON MARCH THE 4TH, 1789 MADISON &CONSTITUTION	* NEW NATION TRB. 31 * OD 5 ? FEDERAL EAGLE  W/ PHRYGIAN CAP 15 STAR FIELD	* 1791-1793 * America’s Rattlesnake Do Not Tread On Me Rev War Buttons & Flags
* 1789 – 1803 * Le Bouton Uniforme Français Troupes a Pied Infanterie Legere .		* 2016 * The Best Presidential Race Cartoon Buttons
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