Will you be my Dear

20mm, WM

Darrin writes: The"token" in question is a lapel button w/the stud broken off. Ii have a similar one that says "my girl is a bell"+ pictures a bell in the center.they are from the 1925-30 era.
Barry found a link to a web page of Time Passages Nostalgia Company, who are selling some of these and other designs, for $10-$15 each. Here is the information and picture given on that web page (this token is like #13 in the image):
The picture shows a variety of Old Old Cracker Jack Prize Pot Metal Lapel Stud Buttons. These were all manufactured by the Tootsietoy Company of Chicago, Illinois. Some were made specifically for Cracker Jack, while others were made as novelties, bought, and used as prizes by The Cracker Jack Company. These range from the 1910s to the 1930s. Many of these were also sold out of the old Johnson Smith & Company catalogs as well as some other novelty catalogs. They are made of lead or pot metal. They have a button formed on a post on the back. There are some in the picture that were not finished in the manufacturing. They have a post on the back but the post was not moulded as a button. These were made plain with no finish, painted in different colors, or inked in different colors.

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