1898 United Mine Workers of America Badge. By Whitehead & Hoag. Silver-Plated.

1898 United Mine Workers of America Badge. By Whitehead & Hoag. Silver-Plated. Choice Extremely Fine. 59.0 mm x 106.0 mm. Two-part hanging badge, the lower part silver-plated and badge-shaped with border of mining implements and decorative devices around central medallion marked U. M. W. OF A. / APRIL 1ST / (clasped hands) / 1898 / EIGHT HOURS. The back is blank apart from maker's mark in center. Double looped and suspended by six-link chains from a silver-plated metal and celluloid pinback with clasped hands motif on front, maker's mark on back. A rare remembrance of the 1898 agreement between the mine owners and the union assuring an eight-hour day for the mine workers.

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