Found this nice silver coated button in a WW2 zone. Text in Latin on the button says: FACTA NON VERBA (deeds, not words) It seems that in this area (near Florence / ITALY) the US 5th Army had the 1st AAA Brigade, 8th AA Group stationed. Research on the internet so far did not get me any further.... Anyone who can help? Thanks in advance.
Listed as a motto of a US Artillery unit here: Military Unit Mottos: United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Proves nothing but might point in the right direction.
JK, I think that you will find the button comes from a member of the United States Merchant Marines. Their Motto was Acta non Verba. Act don't talk. Regards Tom PS: I didn't see any text originally only the badge and failed to see the first letter F. Sorry if I have confused the issue.
Is it usual to have a crown on an American button? I can never tell the difference between the king and queens crown but one looks like it.
Can we have a look at the back of this, please. Doesn't look military, frankly, to my eyes. I would suspect a municipality or something of that order. I might even be inclinded toward a school. Having said that, perhaps it might be OTC and someone with Kipling and King can look and see if there is anything there. Maybe something like University of Leicester or Cambridge or ??? I will check this against a button book in the library and see what I can find. Can anyone do anything with the heraldry of the shields. It is like an amalgamation of two houses sort of image to me. Tom, as much as I would like to go down your road of Merchant Navy, they tend to have a fouled anchor most times in their insignia. Maybe the back will give us a maker's name and a direction to look. So, there's my tuppence worth on this. cheers, phil Found this nice silver coated button in a WW2 zone. Text in Latin on the button says: FACTA NON VERBA (deeds, not words) It seems that in this area (near Florence / ITALY) the US 5th Army had the 1st AAA Brigade, 8th AA Group stationed. Research on the internet so far did not get me any further.... Anyone who can help? Thanks in advance.
Shiny, I would of thought that there would of been something other than a crown on a US badge, i thought that would be mainly to do with countries like Auz, England, and of course Zeeland, you know, in the commonwealth, but maybe i'm wrong.
As you say it was found near Florence in Italy I think it's an Italian civie one. eg. School or choir etc etc
Thanks a lot for the feedback guys! I've had some help from an expert on an Italian forum and it looks like the button isn't military Apparently it's identified as a 'civie' button though not Italian, but it looks like the insignia's on the button are possibly of two Polish nobile families that are in some way linked together. Button is indicated as beeing from the period 2nd half of XIX's to max. XX. So other than the fact that it was found near a WW2 foxhole, I guess that's closes the case as it is not a military WW2 object. Thanks again
Bare in mind a lot of Polish thought in Italy during WW2 so that may explain how it got there. He may have worn his own clothes under his uniform to keep warm etc. Regards Andy
