Confederate Old English C Cavalry Coat Button Willm Bird & Co. Backmark

Non dug Confederate Civil War Old English C cavalry coat button. It is CS 131 in Albert's and CSC218A.1. in Tice. It is very rare. The front has a centered large stippled Old English C on a plain field. It has a great uncleaned patina. The reverse is tinned iron with a depressed WILLM BIRD & CO + LONDON + backmark. The shank is straight. It is a great looking Confederate button in great condition. It measures 22 mm in diameter. $2575