A beige pinback button printed with a state seal, crest, symbol or motto from U.S. states and territories; marked "Indiana", with a scene of a man swinging an axe at trees with mountains in the distance and a bull nearby. Part of a series of pre-World War I United States state buttons; some of the region names are no longer current. The reverse is printed "Sweet Caporal Cigarette", indicating that this button was part of a series of collectible premiums given by tobacco and gum manufacturers.

A beige pinback button printed with a state seal, crest, symbol or motto from U.S. states and territories; marked "Virginia", with a classical figure, the Roman Goddess 'Virtus', in Amazonian dress with a spear and plumed helmet standing on a fallen tyrant whose crown lies nearby, over the motto "Sic Semper Tyrannis". Part of a series of pre-World War I United States state buttons; some of the region names are no longer current. The reverse is printed "Sweet Caporal Cigarette", indicating that this button was part of a series of collectible premiums given by tobacco and gum manufacturers.

A beige pinback button printed with a state seal, crest, symbol or motto from U.S. states and territories; marked "Pennsylvania", with a shield topped by an eagle flanked by two horses over a banner marked "Virtue, Liberty and Independence". Part of a series of pre-World War I United States state buttons; some of the region names are no longer current. The reverse is printed "Sweet Caporal Cigarette", indicating that this button was part of a series of collectible premiums given by tobacco and gum manufacturers.

A beige pinback button printed with a state seal, crest, symbol or motto from U.S. states and territories; marked "Wisconsin", with a shield divided into sections containing an anchor, an arm and hammer, a plow, and a pick and shovel flanked by a sailor and a miner with a badger and a cornucopia under a red banner marked "Forward". Part of a series of pre-World War I United States state buttons; some of the region names are no longer current. The reverse is printed "Sweet Caporal Cigarette", indicating that this button was part of a series of collectible premiums given by tobacco and gum manufacturers.

A beige pinback button printed with a state seal, crest, symbol or motto from U.S. states and territories; marked "Utah", with an old fashioned conical basket bee-hive surrounded by flowers or fruit under a red banner that reads "Sept. 9/ 1850"; the bee-hive is a Mormon symbol representing Deseret, the Mormon oasis in the desert. Part of a series of pre-World War I United States state buttons; some of the region names are no longer current. The reverse is printed "Sweet Caporal Cigarette", indicating that this button was part of a series of collectible premiums given by tobacco and gum manufacturers.

A beige pinback button printed with a state seal, crest, symbol or motto from U.S. states and territories; marked "Iowa", with a scene of a Union soldier with an American flag surrounded by a plow, sheaf of grain and a sickle with a steam powered paddlewheel riverboat and a factory in the background. Part of a series of pre-World War I United States state buttons; some of the region names are no longer current. The reverse is printed "Sweet Caporal Cigarette", indicating that this button was part of a series of collectible premiums given by tobacco and gum manufacturers.

A beige pinback button printed with a state seal, crest, symbol or motto from U.S. states and territories; marked "Minnesota", with a scene of a man plowing next to a rifle on a tree stump with a Native American or a frontiersman on horseback in the distance under a banner in French "L'Etoile Du Nord". Part of a series of pre-World War I United States state buttons; some of the region names are no longer current. The reverse is printed "Sweet Caporal Cigarette", indicating that this button was part of a series of collectible premiums given by tobacco and gum manufacturers.

A beige pinback button printed with a flag divided horizontally into blue, white and blue sections with a central sunburst crest, marked in black "Buenos Ayres." Part of a series of pre-World War I flag buttons; many of the flags and region names are no longer current. This button was part of a series of collectible premiums given by tobacco and gum manufacturers.

A beige pinback button printed with a flag with narrow alternating blue and white stripes and a red field in the upper corner, marked in black "San Salvador". Part of a series of pre-World War I flag buttons; many of the flags and region names are no longer current. This button was part of a series of collectible premiums given by tobacco and gum manufacturers.

A beige pinback button printed with a blue flag with red borders and a British Union Jack in the upper corner and a gold winged lion, marked in black "Ionian Isles". Part of a series of pre-World War I flag buttons; many of the flags and region names are no longer current. This button was part of a series of collectible premiums given by tobacco and gum manufacturers.