A beige pinback button printed with a state seal, crest, symbol or motto from U.S. states and territories; marked "Missouri", with stars over two bears flanking a red circular border printed "United We Stand Divided We Fall" around a bear and an eagle. Part of a series of pre-World War I United States state buttons; some of the region names are no longer current.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 "Missouri", with stars over two bears flanking a red circular border printed "United We Stand Divided We Fall" around a bear and an eagle. Part of a series of pre-World War I United States state buttons; some of the region names are no longer current.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 "Mississippi", with a shield with an eagle under a red banner marked "Mississippi" encircled by a wreath and a blue banner marked "Virtue Et Armis". Part of a series of pre-World War I United States state buttons; some of the region names are no longer current.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 "Mississippi", with a shield with an eagle under a red banner marked "Mississippi" encircled by a wreath and a blue banner marked "Virtue Et Armis". Part of a series of pre-World War I United States state buttons; some of the region names are no longer current.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 "California", with a classical female figure marked "Eureka" with a spear and lionhead shield draped in red cloth with mountains, a plow with a sheaf of grain, a train and a bear. 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 with narrow alternating orange and white stripes with a red, white and blue field in the upper corner, marked in black "Orange Free State". The Orange Free State was originally a Dutch South African Colony, becoming first a republic in 1904, then annexed as a province by the British in 1910, after the Boer War. Part of a series of pre-World War I flag buttons; many of the flags and country 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 with narrow alternating red, white and blue stripes with a wreath around sword in the the center, marked in black "Dutch Indies". Part of a series of pre-World War I flag buttons; many of the flags and country 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 red flag with a white field in the upper corner with a red cross, marked in black "Tonga". Part of a series of pre-World War I flag buttons; many of the flags and country names are no longer current. The reverse is printed "American Pepsin Gum Co.", 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 with narrow alternating red, white and blue stripes with a wreath around sword in the the center, marked in black "Dutch Indies". Part of a series of pre-World War I flag buttons; many of the flags and country names are no longer current. The reverse is printed "American Pepsin Gum Co.", 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 red flag with a white field in the upper corner with a red cross, marked in black "Tonga". Part of a series of pre-World War I flag buttons; many of the flags and country names are no longer current. This button was part of a series of collectible premiums given by tobacco and gum manufacturers.