I AM PROUD TO OFFER ONE OF THE RAREST AND MORE DESIRABLE OF ALL ANTEBELLUM SOUTHERN MILITARY SCHOOL BUTTONS, ALL SPECIMENS BEAR 1840'S SCOVILL & CO BACKMARKS. THE FRANKLIN COLLEGE CADETS BEGAN DRILLING DURING THE WAR OF 1812 AND FORMED THE "COLLEGE VOLUNTEERS" DURING THE SEMINOLE WAR / TEXAS WAR OF INDEPENDENCE PERIOD. THIS IS A MOST RARE NON DUG EXAMPLE AND A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN A REAL ASSET OF HISTORY.