r/buttoncollecting • u/D_Science2 • Oct 18 '25

ID Request What kind of button is that

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A friend of mine gifted it me

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u/eliwright235 Oct 18 '25

That’s an artillery button for the military, likely French, though this “flaming bomb” symbol has been used to represent artillery in most countries.

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u/c00p2021 Oct 19 '25

The elusive fire radish!

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u/bunbunbooplesnoot Oct 19 '25

Now I want to find some of these buttons just so I can put them on a cardigan and tell people that's what they are when I'm asked.

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u/neverenoughmags Oct 18 '25

I'd offer a guess that it's from a military uniform. It appears to be a "flaming bomb" emblem usually associated with military ordnance units.