This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/19/2011
This rare William Howard Taft pin features a very unusual picture of the man who followed TR as president. You get a little bit of an idea that Taft was a big man by looking at this profile picture. One contemporary said of him: “It is good to see Big Bill Taft enter a room after a number of other men. He reminds you of a great battleship following the smaller vessels, coming into port with her brass bright and plowing deep.” This 1 1/4 inch celluloid certainly makes an impression. Small lamination mark at center, otherwise excellent.