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Up for sale is an exceptional 5-piece collection of authentic antique WWI-era celluloid pinback buttons with outstanding stamped metal and paper maker backs!
Lot Highlights & Reverse Details:
\"Invincible in War / Triumphant in Peace\" Allied Pin:
Features crossed US and British flags (\"One Tongue, One Purpose\").
Features a rare, intact G.P. Davis Co. (Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago) maker paper backer!
Salvation Army \"Home Service\" Pin:
Crisp blue pin with classic red Salvation Army logo.
Reverse features a stamped metal back from The Greenduck Co. (Chicago, IL) with the famous duck logo!
1919 Red Cross Membership Pin:
Dated post-WWI Red Cross pinback.
Stamped metal back from J.L. Lynch Co. (Chicago, IL).
\"Rally Day\" Patriotic Flag Pin:
Features crossed US and religious flags (\"By This Sign Conquer\").
Reverse has intact American Baptist Publication Society paper label.
Red Cross \"I Serve\" Pin:
Small white and red cross volunteer service button with clean brass backer.
All five pins are in extraordinary antique condition for their ~110-year age. Celluloid faces are clean and bright, pin mechanisms are firm, and the reverse maker stamps/paper inserts are clean and intact.
Please inspect all high-resolution photos of both front and back.
A top-tier bundle for collectors of WWI military history, Red Cross memorabilia, or historical Chicago celluloid manufacturers!
