Badge promoting William McKinley for president and Garret Hobart for vice president, 1896. Brass shell with spring mechanism and inset photographs. Dimensions refer to size when fully sprung.
Formed in the shape of a winged insect; photographs of McKinley and Hobart are set in circular frames on the wings, which fly up when mechanism is released by a lever (stinger) at base of abdomen.
An especially choice example of a true classic of political Americana!