March 2018 Auction Ends Thursday, March 29th, 5pm Pacific
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/29/2018
1864 campaign button featuring a ferrotype image of President Abraham Lincoln, with ''A. Lincoln'' printed above his head. A brass holder encircles the portrait, upon which is engraved ''FOR PRESIDENT / 1864''. This button is worn via a pinback, less common than the medallion format where a hole was made to the brass for hanging as a necklace. Measures 1'' in diameter. Darkening to portrait, light surface scratching to emulsion and some tarnishing to brass. Overall in very good condition with pinback still loosely attached.
Abraham Lincoln Campaign Button With a Ferrotype of the President -- From the 1864 Presidential Campaign in the Rarer Pinback Format
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