This commemorative token was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut during the mid-20th century. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including buttons, daguerreotype mats, and campaign medals.
Obverse: Bust of Benjamin Harrison facing left. The legend reads: 23rd PRESIDENT, U.S.A./1889-1893/BENJAMIN HARRISON
Reverse: Legend reads: "BACKBONE BEN'/FROM COLONEL TO BRIGADIER GENERAL IN CIVIL WAR/UNITED STATES SENATOR/EXPONENT OF HIGH PROTECTIVE TARIFF/DURING HIS OFFICE SIX TERRITORIES BECAME STATES/"SON OF HIS GRANDFATHER."
