This is a nice non-excavated coat size Civil War button for the state of ' Connecticut. The seal is beautiful on the front with some of the gold gilding still present down in the recesses. The state seal of Connecticut shows the grape vines on an elliptical field and has the Latin motto "Qui Transtulit Sustinet". This translates to English as "He who transplanted continues to sustain." The grapevines symbolize the community of Puritan believers transported from the old world and planted in the fertile ground of
America. The original back and shank are intact on the back. It has the "SCOVILLS MF'G Co. WATERBURY" backmark. This is the style listed as CT13 in Albert's button book and as CT205A in Tice's button book. This one has a very nice look for a non-excavated Connecticut button.