1899 National Peace Jubilee at Washington, D.C. Badge worn by Theodore Roosevelt. Bronze. 160 mm x 52 mm overall, medallion alone 44.6 mm. About Uncirculated. Multi-piece badge with a pin-back hanger picturing Admiral Dewey, a red silk ribbon, a scroll-like hanger inscribed WASHINGTON D. C., and a circular medallion picturing President William McKinley with the inscription NATIONAL PEACE JUBILEE above and MAY 23-25, 1899 below. The usually blank reverse of the medallion is engraved in script letters TO / THEODORE ROOSEVELT / PRESENTED BY / COMMITTEE WOMEN / 3, the letters filled with red enamel. At this time Roosevelt was governor of New York, and soon to be vice president of the United States. He also had recently returned from leading his famous "Rough Riders" during the Spanish-American War, the very war that the Peace Jubilee was celebrating.
