Medalet promoting Benjamin Harrison for president, 1892. Brass. DeWitt BH 1892-14. Holed for suspension. OBV: Bust of Harrison to left; around, GEN. BENJAMIN HARRISON 1892. REV: Inscription, REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT.
Harrison, the last Civil War general to serve as president, lost his bid for reelection to the man he defeated in 1888, Grover Cleveland. A choice specimen of this campaign medalet from 1892.
