This historic and rare 7/8" button is listed as Hake Third Party #2150. We had this button in Auction 202 and it had a W&H back paper. Here the W&H patent dates appear on the lower half of the back paper but the top half reads "Humane Supply Co. Medina, Ohio." In 1896, Deb's was a hopeful presidential candidate for nomination by the National People's Party, more commonly known as the Populist Party. The Party's first nominee in 1892 was James B. Weaver. This button would have been made before the Populist Convention July 24-26, 1896 in St. Louis, as the convention ended up endorsing the Democratic nominee Bryan (who favored many Populist ideas) and their own Thomas Watson for V.P. Our Auction #202 example exceeded $1,000.00. This example is Exc. and display Mint. The first ever Debs' button.