Actually don't bother with more images, I went back and looked at the 8 images you posted previously. I only see 2 uniform buttons. One is "motorman" and there's a General Service Eagle. The motorman button is from railroading and not rare, might sell at a button show for $6-$10 but probably less. The General Service eagle button is yesteryear's version of the current design used by the US Army and was worn by enlistees. It could be Civil War period but is a very common type. Look on the back, see if there's a depressed channel with a raised backmark (letters are raised rather than being depressed), this is called an RMDC backmark (raised mark in a depressed channel), if it has this type of back, it's Civil War period and worth $10-$20 depending on overall condition. The igloo china button on the string is the most valuable one, those can sell in the $90 range but the white ones are the least desirable compared to those with touches of paint or combinations of black/white or mottled. There is a small button with a flag and the word "Union", it's not a uniform button but a patriotic type, those sell for $7-$10 but the Union one with flag is common. If you list this, consider waiting until the fall when bidding is better. You have lots of buttons collectors call "charmstring glass" (also called swirlbacks) on this string giving it good age credibility. The only thing tht concerns me is the way it's strung. Looks like black beads are on the string which I've never seen before. Being an individually compiled thing, of course this could be explained as whimsy by the person who put it together but it makes it hard to authenticate the string used is really as old as the buttons. Restrung charmstrings are not worth very much. -Carol-
