Badge promoting Abraham Lincoln for president and Hannibal Hamlin for vice president, 1860. Brass shell with inset ferrotypes. DeWitt AL 1860-80. OBV: Ferrotype portrait of Lincoln after Cooper Union Brady portrait; above, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, set in raised circular metallic frame decorated with a wreath composed of alternating flowers and rosettes. REV: Ferrotype portrait of Hamlin set in raised circular metallic frame with same decoration. Missing suspension loop.
Ferrotypes somewhat dark but clear and unblemished save for very minor abrasions along the frame, not intruding on the images. Overall, an above average specimen with excellent display presence.
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