RARE 4" CARTOON BUTTON TITLED "HERO MEDAL/MEXICAN BORDER SERVICE/1916-1917" FROM POTTER COLLECTION.
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Winning Bid:
$324.12 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
13
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 2:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, September 3, 2008 2:00:00 AM)
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Auction:
Auction #195 - Part I
Auction #195 - Part I Item numbers 1-993 in auction 195
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Item Description
Large button with cardboard back and hinged brass bar pin depicts hot sun baking down on sweating soldier digging neck-deep hole in the desert as flying/crawling bugs approach and a coiled rattlesnake with fangs bared and shaking rattles poses to strike. Bottom curl reads "Copyright Applied For American Military Novelty Co. Grand Haven, Michigan." Tiny area of surface paper rub off the reverse but all else remains N. Mint and displays Mint. Only our third seen. Comes with Hake's COA.
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