Button, button, who's got the button I need?

[moehawk]

Hey all!
I found a lovely 7-button peacoat today. I would very much like to make it an 8-button peacoat. Anyone have a spare button to sell?

Thanks!

 

[Ol’ Sickly]

These, or a reasonable facsimile, are commonly available in button shops or military surplus stores. You could probably save the stamp and nab one local.

 

[Marvin Berry]

https://www.armynavysales.com/gi-us-navy-pea-coat-button.html

 

[moehawk]

Is there any difference between older ones and newer that would make a newer one stand out from the rest? Like plastic type, etc? I saw some on eBay for a decent price but not sure if they are era specific in any way.

 

[Peacoat]

Is there any difference between older ones and newer that would make a newer one stand out from the rest? Like plastic type, etc? I saw some on eBay for a decent price but not sure if they are era specific in any way.

As long as the ones on eBay look the same as the buttons on your coat, you will be ok.

 

[Jon Crow]

I've got a bag of 25 here I never ended up using them, exactly size colour and design, resin plastic, came from a Amazon UK site couple of years ago,

 

[moehawk]

As long as the ones on eBay look the same as the buttons on your coat, you will be ok.

Thank you!

 

[Jon Crow]

Thank you!

Everyone makes repros now

 

[moehawk]

Everyone makes repros now

I think I will hit my local vintage stores and see if any have a button drawer to search through in hopes of finding an old one first, then go from there. A repro will work, but real is always better!

 

[moehawk]

Thanks everyone for your answers! I appreciate all the help!

 

[Jon Crow]

I think I will hit my local vintage stores and see if any have a button drawer to search through in hopes of finding an old one first, then go from there. A repro will work, but real is always better!

Yeah real always works, I always grab original thread and buttons from French dealers especially German and French buttons

 

[moehawk]

I found a button in a local vintage shop!
Turns out she has a small jar of them, and I found one that looks perfect, nice but not too pristine so it fits in.
Also, I found out while giving it a good sticky-rollering that there are two more buttons hiding under the collar that I hadn't spotted before. My 8 button is actually a 10 button. I could blame this one on my visual impairment...but actually it was just a hiccup in my powers of observation. Didn't notice the top button holes...

Edit: Just went through the peacoat thread again... I guess it's just the buttons that show that are counted, so an 8 button again.