Badge worn by a delegate to the Republican National League Convention, Cincinnati, promoting William Howard Taft for president, 1908. Cast metal and celluloid. The Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark, New Jersey.
Ornate medallion with inset photograph of Taft under celluloid, suspended from a red, white and blue silk ribbon bearing the legend, REPUBLICAN/ NATIONAL/ LEAGUE/ CONVENTION/ CINCINNATI/ SEPT. 22, 1908, attached to an ornate hanger with inset celluloid strip bearing the legend, DELEGATE; clasp rev. Backed with a white silk ribbon.
Very scarce badge, the first example we have cataloged.
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