(MILITARY--WORLD WAR I.) Brass eagle overcoat 'Sweetheart' button. one inch in diameter, with American Eagle; snaps open as a locket with space for two small circular photographs. (WGC) Np, circa 1918
a rare relic of the first world war, buttons such as these were worn by soldiers who were otherwise forbidden to wear any 'non-regulation' items of clothing or accessories. This particular button is all the more unusual in that it has a photo of a black soldier and what appears to be a white or very light skinned woman.
