BEAUTIFUL AND RARE STEAMSHIP PASSENGER BUTTON NAMING "LUSITANIA-MAURETANIA."
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Winning Bid:
$184.00
(Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 10:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, March 15, 2016 10:00:00 PM)
Item Description
1" button with back paper from Brooklyn maker Thos. Jay Gleason. Button shows unspecified ship but with two ship names above and the words "Hand Baggage." Buttons would have been given to passengers apparently to authorize a personally carried piece of baggage. This button would have been issued sometime between the Lusitania's maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York in September 1907 and prior to its final voyage beginning May 1, 1915 which saw it torpedoed and sunk near the coast of Ireland on May 7th. Rare and NM displaying Mint. This is the photo plate example from Hake's Collectible Pin-Back Buttons shown in the section devoted to Transportation item #213. Comes with Hakes COA.
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