| The picture below shows larger front and back views of the (2) Old Cracker Jack Pop Corn Confection Pot Metal or Lead Miniature Toy Prize Police & Sheriff Badge Pins in this lot. These are similar shield badges except one is marked “POLICE 7-11” and the other reads “SHERIFF 7-11”. Embedded on the backs are straight steel pins. 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 late 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. Both of these badges for one price! The badges each measure about 1-7/16'' x 1-7/16'' x 3/16''. They appear to be in mint condition as pictured. |
