TWO "MONROE DOCTRINE" 1895 LAPEL STUDS RELATING TO PRESIDENT CLEVELAND AND VENEZUELA.
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Winning Bid:
$120.18 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011 1:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, November 9, 2011 1:00:00 AM)
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Auction:
Auction #204 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1446 in auction 204
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Item Description
Each of these is .75". The example with the flag reads "Monroe Doctrine/Hands Off." This has name of maker on reverse "Baldwin & Gleason." There is a faint tan dot on far right edge but very minor and the piece remains Exc. The other piece is all celluloid with metal lapel stud reverse and this pictures James Monroe and reads "Monroe Doctrine 1823-1895." This piece is Exc. Both of these rare celluloid pre-pinback items from 1895 relate to President Cleveland, who in a new extension of the Monroe Doctrine, demanded that Great Britain submit to arbitration in a boundary dispute between British Guiana and Venezuela. A pair of very rare lapel studs both historically and as precursors to the celluloid pin-back button introduced the following year in the McKinley and Bryan 1896 presidential campaign.
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