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1940 Walter Johnson for Congress Pin.
Lot 660. 1940 Walter Johnson for Congress Pin. Slightly less than one inch in diameter, the pin shows relatively even foxing. The Garrison Toy and Novelty insert is in place. Vg+ to ex. After winning 417 major league games and then managing Washington and Cleveland, Johnson became a Montgomery County, MD, commissioner in 1938. Two years later, he won the Republican nomination for the U.S. Congress in the primary election, but lost the incumbent Democrat in the general election. The pin is from the primary.
Winning Bid $65.
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