Price
$55.00
Condition
used
Product Condition
Good, some tarnish spotting on the metal pieces
Size
1.75" x 6"
1956 Republican National Convention National Committee Badge. The convention nominated Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon for President and Vice President. Top attachment shows republican elephant with American flag in his trunk and the enamel "National Committee" designation. Two ladders, one which identifies the recipient as Mrs. Celestino Iriarte and the second "Member". One short and one long red, white and blue ribbons. Bottom medallion reads San Francisco (the site of the convention) and Republican National Convention 1956. Original (see condition description below.
At the 1956 Republican National Convention in San Francisco, delegates unanimously re-nominated Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. A memorable moment came when Eisenhower delivered his acceptance speech remotely from Walter Reed Army Hospital, recovering from intestinal surgery—making him the first major-party nominee to accept by nationwide broadcast from a hospital setting.
$55.00
used
Good, some tarnish spotting on the metal pieces
1.75" x 6"