Toy badge

Badge

Badge; Toy badge; from the collection of Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899); toy badge, pressed from an arcade machine, silver and circular with a star in the center; on the border around the badge is printed "NELLIE M. VAN VALKENBURGH. GREENE."; in the center of the star is a circle showing an image of a shooting star, with the word "LUCKY" printed below; on the back of the badge is engrved "PAT./ NO. 1455289/ HARVARD/ AUT. MACH. CO/ JAMESTOWN,/ N.Y."