Lot of (4) Political and Commemorative Silk Ribbons -- George Washington, Grover Cleveland, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.This lot includes a 164 mm x 95 mm woven silk ribbon, probably issued for the U.S. Centennial in 1876, featuring a bust of George Washington and the inscription THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY and a 65 mm x 260 mm woven silk badge with a portrait of President Grover Cleveland, and the inscription SOUVENIR / OF / THE WORLDS / INDUSTRIAL AND COTTON / CENTENNIAL / EXPOSITION NEW ORLEANS / 1884 - 1885. These woven ribbons are colorful examples of the Warner and Phoenix Manufacturing Companies of Patterson, New Jersey. Also included is a 59 mm x 130 mm woven silk ribbon portraying Franklin D. Roosevelt with the NRA logo and WE DO OUR PART slogan, as well as a 62/145 mm printed silk ribbon for the New York County delegation to the 1952 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The average condition of the items in this lot is Extremely Fine. <em><strong>This is a must see, sold as is, no return lot</strong></em>.
