1.25” button c. 1905 with Baltimore Badge backpaper. Tiny age on the backpaper and very st. trace of staining around the collet although front is still totally clean and glossy. Button was issued to promote newspaper comic strip and while art is unsigned, we believe it is by W.W. Denslow, noted for his Oz illustrations, and a hardcover Billy Bounce book exists crediting Denslow as both author and illustrator. Among the earliest Sunday comics promotional buttons. One of four seen. See next item. Exc. and displays Mint.