"INTERNATIONAL WORKERS ORDER" LAPEL STUD FOR COMMUNIST-AFFILIATED GROUP.
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008 1:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, December 3, 2008 1:00:00 AM)
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Auction:
Auction #196 - Part I
Item numbers 1 though 975 in auction 196
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Item Description
9/16" brass showing their logo of 3 workers with bkg. of red enamel and rim of blue enamel surrounding their full name. Reverse is threaded post with screw-on cap. Group was a Communist-affiliated insurance and fraternal organization founded in the 1930s after a split from the group The Workmen's Circle. The group accepted members of all ethnicites although its Jewish section was the largest sub-group of the order. Around WWII the group had almost 200,000 members. This member lapel stud dates from the 1930s. First we've seen. N. Mint and displays Mint.
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