Need button ID please

[GeoAngelo]

I was thinking Maryland state seal but it looks a little off. Maryland seal is more squareish than the shield shape here.

Can anyone ID and give approximate age? Not my find... trying to help someone out.

 

[flamsteed]

Pic of the back, please

 

[MasonDixonMding]

It does look like Maryland seal. Could be police of fire?

 

[GeoAngelo]

Pic of the back, please

I asked for a pic of back. WB... Waterbury Button Co? Looks mid-late 1800s?

 

[flamsteed]

New York seal button?.
P.D.: 1850-1865?.

 

[flamsteed]

New York City Police "Consolidation" button, post 1898.

The Short-lived Uniform Button Known as the “Murphy Button” – The History of Policing in the City of New York

nypdhistory.com

 

[GeoAngelo]

That sure looks like it!

 

[GTimberMT]

NY button!! Police department. For sure!