Lot Archive

Lot

№ 530

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10 May 2007

Hammer Price:
£40

United States of America, U[nion of] M[ine] W[orkers] of A[merica], 1898, a uniface silver Member’s badge, clasped hands, mining implements around, eight hours below, 60 x 53mm, with original ribbon inscribed (Local Union No. 2293, U.M.W. of A., Rock Springs, Wyo.); New York, Brill Brothers, a silver charm, motor clothes for owners and chauffeurs, etc, 32mm; Chicago, Washington Chapter, Masonic Penny, 1858, 32mm [3]. Very fine and better (£60-80)

The Union of Mine Workers of America achieved an eight-hour working day on 1 April 1898. Brill Brothers, Broadway and 49th street, New York