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Badge, Political

Object number2015.22.868

Manufacturer Whitehead & Hoag Company

Date1893

MediumFabric; Ink; Metal

Credit LineThe Elaine B. and Carl Krasik Collection of Pennsylvania and Presidential Political Memorabilia

DescriptionPolitical badge featuring a yellowed ribbon with a shorter red, white, and blue ribbon hanging from the top. Circular medallion attaches to shorter ribbon and hangs in the lower section of the yellowed ribbon. Medallion features the side portraits Grover Cleveland and Adlai Stevenson with text across the top. Back of medallion has image of the U.S. Capitol building with text around the outside. Triangle-shaped dark metal pin attached at the top. Fading green text in the bottom of the longer ribbon. Dimensions4.25 x 1.875 in. (10.8 x 4.8 cm)
InscriptionsRaised text on pin reads "MARCH 4, 1893 / INAUGURATION". Raised text above images of Cleveland and Stevenson on medallion reads "GROVER CLEVELAND . ADLAI E. STEVENSON." Across the bottom of the ribbon, in light green text, reads "GENERAL / COMMITTEE". On the back of the pin reads "THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. / NEWARK, N.J.". On the back of the medallion, across top reads "COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES", and across the bottom reads "MARCH 4, 1893."
MarksOn the back of the pin reads "THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. / NEWARK, N.J.".

Related person Grover Cleveland

Previous owner Adlai Ewing Stevenson I (1835 - 1914)

Related institution Republican Party (United States, founded 1854)

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