| The pictures below show larger front and back views of this Rare 1915 Cracker Jack Pop Corn Confection Advertising Pot Metal or Lead Toy Prize Baseball Fan Jewelry Pin. This Cracker Jack prize does not have an ID number, but it is dated 1915. This is the very same year that the set of (176) baseball cards were in the popcorn confection boxes, and available as a mail away premium set. The body of the pin is of a hand held fan. On it is a baseball player in uniform, and below him are two baseballs. It reads “BASE BALL FAN 1915”, and on the back is a mounted steel straight pin. Definitely a very desirable pin, 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 pin measures about 1-1/16'' x 2-1/8'' x 1/4''. It appears to be in excellent to near mint condition as pictured. |
