(PRESIDENTS 1912 ELECTION) Campaign ribbon for Socialist Pa

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(PRESIDENTS--1912 ELECTION.) Campaign ribbon for Socialist Party candidate Eugene Debs. Silk ribbon, 5 1/4 x 2 inches; light fold in lower margin, very faint staining in upper margin, minimal wear. Np, 1912

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The 1912 election was the high-water mark of the five campaigns Debs ran under the Socialist banner; he gathered 6% of the popular vote. The caption reads "Socialist Party, For President Eugene V. Debs 1912." It is illustrated by a hand bearing a torch over two crossed flags--the Stars and Stripes and the Socialist red flag. with--a 1908 photograph of Debs, 5 1/2 x 4 inches, printed by Wilshire's Magazine, on a mount with his facsimile signature.