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60th Regiment of Foot, the Royal Americans 1755 -1756 pewter button.
In 1775-76, companies of the 2nd and 4th Battalions
( found a few feet from the 1775 british half penny, found a few days ago )
http://home.fuse.net/usmilhist/rar/page1.html

few other pewter buttons, and a flat brass button . no back marks on any of them ...
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Thank you for the comments everyone, and thank you very much Joe for the banner spot.

Following the Revolutionary war, The 60th Regiment was much later designated as the King’s Royal Rifle Corps by the War of 1812
I believe the other button i found with the "Rifle" on it would be from when the 60th Regiment "Royal Americans" changed to the Royal Riffle Corps

the 60th Regiment was a special selected group of soldiers trained for fighting in the forests and woodland warfare.
http://www.nps.gov/fosm/historyculture/m...tifact.htm
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