Price
$125.00
Condition
used
Product Condition
Very good, minor wear and two pieces of tape reinforcements on the reverse
Size
2.5" x 3.25"
1892 Kings County Republican Campaign Committee Ribbon Badge With Embroidered Cross Flags. In 1892, the Kings County Republican Campaign Committee actively supported the re-election of President Benjamin Harrison, producing campaign materials to promote various candidates. This ribbon badge was one of the first items produced by Whitehead & Hoag during their first year in business. Attractive campaign ribbon with spread winged eagle at the top and embroidered ruffled flags. With Whitehead & Hoag imprint on the reverse, along with Stevenson & Masters, N.Y. who were "agents for The Whitehead & Hoag Co.". Original.
Whitehead & Hoag began producing political badges, ribbons, and buttons in 1892. The company, founded in 1892 in Newark, New Jersey, quickly became a leading manufacturer of campaign memorabilia, including the first mass-produced celluloid campaign buttons used in the 1896 presidential election.
$125.00
used
Very good, minor wear and two pieces of tape reinforcements on the reverse
2.5" x 3.25"