DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION 1920 BADGES FOR: DELEGATE, USHER, AND MITCHELL "PALMER."
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Winning Bid:
$210.97
(Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 2:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, July 16, 2014 2:00:00 AM)
Auction:
Auction #212 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 988 in auction 212
Item Description
The first two brass and ribbon badges are 3-3/8" tall. Although the designs are some what different both picture Jefferson and both include "Democratic National Convention 1920." The first is for a "Delegate" while the second has cello insert within the hanger frame reading "Usher." Couple tiny color dots off the Delegate ribbon and small tarnish dot on the suspension edge. the blank reverse has two scratched "x" marks about 1.5" tall. The Usher ribbon has light general age tone with a tape mark on the blank metal back. The third piece is 4.25" tall with brass hanger bar having "Palmer" in black enamel. Chain links suspend ornate brass flag designs in rwb enamel along with a high relief portrait of him against a concave brass background. Raised letters on panel below his portrait read "Democratic National Convention San Francisco June 28 1920." Palmer was the Attorney General and a strong hopeful for the Presidential nomination who along with Secretary Of The Treasury McAdoo received votes as the nominating process continued at length concluding on the forty-fourth ballot with the nomination of Governor James M. Cox for President. Very small bit of luster wear on the bar pin. Majority is NM. Don & Mildred Wright Collection.
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