posted on February 28, 2003 10:32:14 PM
Any ideas on sites to go to to appraise a pin? I found no matches on Ebay. It's a 1" gold tone donkey, facing left, with green rhinestones in the ears, the eye and in a raised "56" on the side. It has no metal markings, so I am assuming it is gold tone. But it's heavy, and very shiny and new looking. From looking at Ebay, I'm sure it was for the '56 election. I did a Google search of "democratic memoriabilia", but didn't turn up anything helpful.
Thanks, all!
posted on March 1, 2003 01:54:21 AM
Pins were given to the delegates to the National Conventions of Democratic and Republicans. It might be one of those. My mother was a delegate in 56 but they got rhinestone pins with Ike and Nixon. I have no idea what the Democrats gave.
posted on March 1, 2003 01:56:17 AM
BTW after WWII approximately in 1949, jewelry that had either gold or silver in it had to be marked as such. Before that they didn't do it
