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Originally Posted by ooo-ribay
This little 7/8" x 7/8" pin (center, below) has companion pieces from the Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers. I'm guessing 50's but I have seen the original display card and the baseball player on that looks even earlier...maybe 40's.
What is cool to me is that this figure made its way onto a NY Giants pennant and, later, an SF Giants pennant. I love when the "evolution" is clear. Another kinda interesting thing is, when I dug out the SF pennant for this crummy scan  , I noticed the band on the left is a silk-like material and not the usual felt. (P.S. the SF pennant is much better than the scan shows) |
Rob...
Pin and pennant are both from 1951, give or take one year. They actually made these pins for every team, and someone a few years ago posted picture of the pins on original store display easel stand.
Great stuff!