ANTI-JOE McCARTHY RARE BUTTON AND FIRST WE'VE SEEN.
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Winning Bid:
$287.50 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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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
Large 2-1/8" with bold text "McCarthy For Fuehrer/But Not In My Country." Curl reads "The American Badge Co., Chicago, Ill." A great protest button circa the Cold War days of 1954 inspired by Joseph R. McCarthy, the Wisconsin senator whose smear tactics used in his search for Communists in U.S.A. institutions gave rise to the term "McCarthyism" and his eventual censure by the Senate in 1954. N. Mint and displays Mint.
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