| The picture below shows a larger view of all (4) Different Old Cracker Jack Pop Corn Confection Pot Metal or Lead Miniature Nautical Toy Prize Items in this lot. These items are not dated but all of them are old. The Cracker Jack prize ID number for the larger ship anchor charm is: ZP-0029 from the 1930s, by The Cosmo Manufacturing Company of Chicago, Illinois. I do not have an ID numbers for the others at this time. The others included here are a Diver helmet, a sailing ship charm, and a smaller ship anchor charm. Many of the pot metal or lead prizes were manufactured by the Tootsietoy Company of Chicago, Illinois. There were other companies, including from Japan prior to World War II. Some of these type prizes were made specifically for Cracker Jack, while others were made as novelties, bought in volume, and used as prizes by The Cracker Jack Company. Pot metal or lead prizes were some of the earliest prizes that were used in Cracker Jack boxes from the 1910s to the 1940s. Many of these type prizes or novelties were also sold out of old Johnson Smith & Company catalog as well as some other early novelty catalogs, also used in fortune telling sets, and some were also sold and used as board game parts. Many of these can be found factory painted, inked, or with no finish at all. All four of these prizes for one price! To judge the sizes, the miniature pennant flag button measures about 1-3/4'' x 1-1/4''. They appear to be in excellent or better condition as pictured. |
