| The picture below show larger front and back views of this Rare 1930s Cracker Jack Pop Corn Confection Advertising Pot Metal or Lead Toy Prize Baseball Cather Lapel Stud Button. The Cracker Jack prize ID number is: Z-0343 and it was from the 1930s by John West of Chicago, Illinois. There was one made for each baseball field position. This one happens to be fror the Catcher. It has crossed baseball bats, a baseball, and it reads “CATCHER – CRACKER JACK”. On the back is a molded lapel stud button. Definitely a very desirable button, for both Cracker Jack and baseball fans. 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. The lapel stud button measures about 1'' x 1-1/4'' x 3/16''. It appears to be in excellent to near mint condition as pictured. |
