AMER AUGUST 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, August 24, 2015.
GROUP OF POLITICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS BADGES INCLUDING 3 FINE AND RARE EXAMPLES FROM WILLIAM MCKINLEY 1896 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. 1) Rare enameled and silvered jugate McKinley and Hobart stickpin 31mm x 30mm, 63mm including pin. Raised relief jugate portrait in fine detail is surmounted by American eagle holding riband "PROTECTION/1896". 2) 46mm x 40mm spread eagle holding shield with McKinley oval portrait. Pin back. 3) Rare McKinley pin showing brass money bag "SOUND $ MONEY" suspending a dinner pail with motto "PROTECTION FILLS" suspended by a red, white and blue ribbon. Included in this grouping are an additional 14 miscellaneous political and fraternal pins and badges. SIZE: PROVENANCE: From the personal estate collection of John W. Armiger Jr. CONDITION: 1) Very good overall. Some loss of red enamel as can be seen in photos. 2) Very good with patina. Pin is bent. Portrait soiled and scuffed but still crisp and discernible. 3) Very good overall with patina. Some plating left on brass. Ribbon sound but frayed. 49055-7 (800-1,200) JS0