Reproduction 1960 Richard M. Nixon Presidential campaign button (political pin, political pinback) from his run for the presidency against John F. Kennedy. This was issued as part of a set of 38 reproduction political campaign buttons. We believe the set was issued by American Oil Company as a collector’s give-away or premium item in 1972 from some of the markings on the rim of the buttons. We have many others from the set but not a complete set and are listing each separately for those who may have an incomplete set which they are looking to complete.

This collectible campaign pin is still slid through its original descriptive card. All the campaign buttons are round (or circular) with this one measuring about 1 1/8 inches in diameter, in navy blue and white. Nixon was serving at the time as vice president so his wife, Pat Nixon or Patricia Nixon, was also well known. This campaign pin took the approach of promoting votes for Richard Nixon based on the popularity of his wife, as the button states, "PAT for First Lady". We have shot the images including a quarter to the left of the button and card for size comparison. The pink card half card with blue printing measures about 3 3/4 x 2 3/8 inches. It provides a general description of the set with a specific paragraph on this button on the topside, and information regarding ordering others in the set on the reverse side. We are calling this a half card because we do have a few of the buttons on their original full cards which are double the size. The top half of the card which is missing here was a mail in Sweepstakes Entry, so we presume the original owner ripped off the top portion on most of these in order to do multiple entries into the contest.

The button has likely never been removed from the card; we got it attached to the card exactly facing as you see here. In some cases these buttons appear upside down or otherwise not rightside up in the images because we have left them as found and did not want to make new holes in the card backing in order for them to appear upright. With the close-up photography you should be able to get a good idea of the condition. All the buttons are overall in very nice shape, with some evidence of storage wear via some scratches and rubbed marks, etc. (varying with each button), but nothing bad. The backing card is also in very nice overall shape, but also with evidence of storage wear via corner bending, no longer laying totally flat, some edge wear/tiny tearing/bending, etc. (again, varying with each button).

These make a nice gift or stocking stuffer for anyone interested in political history in general or collecting items related to a particular President or Presidential election campaign.

Should you wish to purchase more than one button, please e-mail us prior to placing the order. The shipping costs have been inputted for mailing one button by itself and the system won’t automatically calculate for you the savings you would receive by shipping more than one button together in one envelope. We will have to calculate that for you.