A beige pinback button printed with a state seal, crest, symbol or motto from U.S. states and territories; marked "Idaho", with a shield with mountains and a river, topped by a buck's head, flanked by a woman and a miner with a shovel under a red banner in Latin "Esto Perpetua". Part of a series of pre-World War I United States state buttons; some of the region names are no longer current.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 "New Mexico", with a scene of two eagles, one with a snake in its beak, one holding arrows and an olive branch, over "MDCCCL", and a red banner in Latin "Crescit Eundo". Part of a series of pre-World War I United States state buttons; some of the region names are no longer current.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 state seal, crest, symbol or motto from U.S. states and territories; marked "New Mexico", with a scene of two eagles, one with a snake in its beak, one holding arrows and an olive branch, over "MDCCCL", and a red banner in Latin "Crescit Eundo". Part of a series of pre-World War I United States state buttons; some of the region names are no longer current.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 "Kansas", with a scene of a man plowing a field next to a riverside house on a flat plain with birds darkening the sky above under a red banner in Latin "Ad Astra Per Aspera". Part of a series of pre-World War I United States state buttons; some of the region names are no longer current.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 "Kansas", with a scene of a man plowing a field next to a riverside house on a flat plain with birds darkening the sky above under a red banner in Latin "Ad Astra Per Aspera". Part of a series of pre-World War I United States state buttons; some of the 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 state seal, crest, symbol or motto from U.S. states and territories; marked "Maine", with a shield topped by a star and a banner marked "Dirigo" around a pine tree and a moose flanked by a farmer and a sailor over a blue banner marked "Maine". Part of a series of pre-World War I United States state buttons; some of the 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 narrow yellow stripes forming a cross with a red, gold and blue field in the upper corner, marked in black "Sweden." 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 vertically divided into alternating blue and yellow quarters, marked in black "French Colonies West". 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 vertically divided half yellow and half orange, marked in black "French Colonies East". 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 flag vertically divided half yellow and half orange, marked in black "French Colonies East". 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.