AMER AUGUST 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, August 24, 2015.
GROUP OF 11 AMERICAN CAMPAIGN PINS AND BADGES. 1) 1876 Rutherford B. Hayes fancy shield-shaped pin with eagle support. 2) 1896 William Jennings Bryant gold bug stickpin, measuring about 35mm in height and about 70mm overall with pin, unmarked. 3) McKinley and Hobart 1896 campaign pin with American flag background. Device is about 14mm, 50mm with pin. 4) "Rough Rider" hat pin for the 1900 campaign of McKinley and Roosevelt. Pin measures about 47mm x 28mm, with a 3" pin, inscribed "MACK AND TEDDY". 5) Large 3-1/2" Harry Truman campaign button with crossed American flags from the 1948 election. 6) Stamped brass Uncle Sam figure with backpack and musket, poly-chromed 3", circa WWI. 7) 1884 James G. Blaine campaign pin about 3/4" high with portrait of Blaine and fancy brass frame with stick pin. 8) Small campaign stick flag for 1884 election showing James G. Blaine on obverse and John A. Logan on reverse. 9) Rare Grover Cleveland stickpin. This comic stickpin from the 1892 election promoting protection in multi-colored enamel shows a black American with afro with his wide collar reading "FREE WOOL" which refers to not only his hairdo but political issues. 10) Rare 1888 Grover Cleveland stickpin of rooster on log with raised "CLEVELAND COCKS". Device measures about 15mm x 19mm. 11) Plastic Al Smith donkey wearing an Al Smith hat attached to parade flag. Donkey is about 4-1/2" across, flag is about 5-1/2" on hoist with a 10" pin. SIZE: PROVENANCE: From the personal estate collection of John W. Armiger Jr. CONDITION: 1) Very good overall. Edge wear to photograph with light crazing and 2 small creases. 2) Very good overall with some corrosion to pin. 3) Very good overall, flag has some fraying. 4) Very good to fine overall. 5) Very good overall. 6) Overall very good with chipped paint. 7) Overall very good though portrait is light. 8) Very good overall, staining, slight reductions, patent mark reads "September 4, 1883". 9) Very good overall with some loss of enamel, originally sold as Lot 38500 on May 21, 2001 at Heritage Auction Galleries. 10) Very good overall, reverse is marked "Central, Cleveland". 11) Good to very good overall, with some reductions and fraying to flag. 49055-1 (1,500-2,500) JS0