• "Hoppy" Hopalong Cassidy Boot Pin

  Fantasy Item: Believed to be a fantasy item.

• Hopalong Cassidy in the Daily News Pinback

  Authentic: 2" cello. Repro: Both 1 3/4" & 1 1/2" "cello" seen.

• Hopalong Cassidy Savings Club Pinback

  Authentic: 3" litho. Repro: 3" "cello". Separate back piece w/ pin protruding through 2 holes.

• Hopalong Cassidy Bronc Buster Saving Rodeo

  Authentic: 1 3/8" litho. Repro: 1 1/2" "cello".

• Hopalong Cassidy Wrangler Saving Rodeo

  Authentic: 1 3/8" litho. Repro: 1 1/2" "cello".

• I Follow Hoppy Pinback

  Authentic: 1 3/8" litho. Other newspapers seen. Repro: Both 1 1/4" "cello" and 1 1/2" "cello" seen.

• Howdy Doody TV Pin

  Fantasy Item: 1 1/4" cello. Also seen: Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers, Roy Rogers on Trigger, Annie Oakley on Target (in color), Superman (George Reeves), Amos & Andy w/ Kingfish, Three Stooges, Elvis, Beatles, KISS, Cisco Kid & Pancho...

• Jet Jackson Ring

  Fantasy Item: After Ovaltine had given up sponsorship of Captain Midnight in the late 50s, the show continued in some areas under the name Jet Jackson. There are no known authentic Jet Jackson premiums.

• Jimmie Allen Flying Cadet Airplane Badge

  Authentic: Stamped brass. Point on pin is exposed. Repro: Cast metal. Artificial shading around lettering. Note the uneven wing lengths. Pin point protected with an extra bend.

• Jimmie Allen Richfield Flight Wings

  Authentic: Stamped brass. Point on pin is exposed. Repro: Stamped metal. Pin point protected with an extra bend. Pin attached with an oval plate.

• Silvercup Lone Ranger Chief Scout Badge

  Authentic: Bright plated brass. Safety type pin w/ exposed point soldered to back of badge. "SILVERCUP" in bold serifed letters. Repro: Brown tone. "SILVERCUP" is in a thin sans-serif lettering style. Oval shaped pin attachment on back

• Lone Ranger Club Horseshoe Badge

  Authentic: Stamped brass with simple 1 piece pin soldered directly to back of badge. Repro: Cast metal with an oval shaped pin attachment on back.

• Bond Bread Lone Ranger Safety Club Badge

  Authentic: Stamped brass w/ simple, 1-piece pin soldered directly to back of badge. Repro: Cast metal. Oval shaped pin attachment.

• Silvercup Lone Ranger Safety Scout Badge

  Authentic: Simple, 1-piece pin, w/ point exposed, soldered directly to back of badge. Lone Ranger on Silver image rounded (dimensional). Repro: Oval shaped pin attachment on back w/ point protected. Image "flat".

• Lone Ranger Sunday Advertiser Pinback

  Authentic: 1" cello. "Sunday Advertiser" on lighter band- aligns with bottom of horse. Pilgrim Badge & Specialty backpaper. Repro: "Cello". "Sunday Advertiser" band on different angle than bottom of horse. Seen in 1" and 1½" sizes.

• Lone Ranger Sunday Herald and Examiner

  Authentic: 1" litho. Back marked "Green Duck Co. Chicago" Repro: 1" "cello". Reproduced widely so different "cello" versions seen.

• Lone Ranger Cones Pin

  Fantasy item: All research leads this to being a known fantasy piece. Does anyone have documentation that an original of this item from that period ever existed?

• Lone Ranger TV Set Pin

  Fantasy item: This design is a fantasy item. Seen with several different characters.

• Lone Ranger Ring

  Fantasy item: This design is a fantasy item. And a crappy one, at that.

• Melvin Purvis Junior G-Man Corps Badge

  Authentic: Stamped brass w/ simple, 1-piece pin soldered directly to back of badge. Repro: Cast metal w/ oval shaped pin attachment.

• Radio Orphan Annie Secret Society Pin

  Authentic: Stamped brass. No extra bend on pin (point exposed). Repro: Has an extra bend on the pin on back to protect from the point.

• Round Radio Orphan Annie Secret Society Pin

  Fantasy: 1" diameter. Stamped metal. Has a pin attached vertically on back.

• (Australian) Phantom Club pinback

  Authentic: 1 1/4" diameter. Rare Australian cello pinback from the 1940s. Repro: Also from Australia but seen on US Ebay auctions. Text is much larger than on the original. Patches and refrigerator magnetics are also seen using this same design.

• Red Ryder Pony Contest pinback

  Authentic: 1 1/8" litho. Marked "WELLS LAMONT CORP." and "GREEN DUCK CO. CHICAGO" on curl. Repro: 2 1/4" "cello". Note that tip of gun points to the leg of the "R" in "ENTERED" instead of to the center of the letter.

• Roy Rogers Deputy Sheriff Badge

  Original Roy Rogers Deputy Sheriff Badge was a 1950 Quaker Cereal premium. Authentic: Back has red plastic whistle w/ secret compartment. Stamped brass with high detail. Repro: Cast metal. Plain back.

• Snow White Jingle Club Pinback

  Authentic: 1 1/4" cello from 1938. Kay Kamen back paper. Nice detail with fine lines. Repro: 1 1/4" "cello". No back paper. Lines fatter w/ loss of detail. Some areas filled in completely (right dwarf's nose & fingers).

• Space Patrol Badge

  Authentic: Plastic. From 1952. Repro: Appears to be cast from metal. Small "tie-tac" type clasp on back.

• Superman-Tim Club Pinback

  Authentic: Superman-Tim Club pinback C. 1942 was a 7/8" litho. White fold line on cape. Tim has shoulder. Back reads "Member in Good Standing" Repro: 7/8" litho. No white line on Superman's cape. Fatter shoulder area.

• Supermen of America Emblem (Patch)

  Extremely rare 1940 Superman 1939-1940 comic premium from Action Comics. Authentic: 5 1/2" silk screened on felt. Made of 2 layers of felt with a thin layer of cardbaord between. Repro: 3 3/4" full color embroidered patch.

• Signal Tarzan Club Pinback

  Authentic: 1" cello. Repro: 2 1/4" cello.

• Tarzan Radio Club Drink More Milk Pin

  Authentic: 1 1/2" stamped brass w/ simple 1-piece pin soldered to back. Foot goes over the inner circle & touches text below. Bottom line bolder. Repro: 1" Cloisonné. Oval shaped pin attachment on back. Inner circle is unbroken.

• Tom Mix Iron-On Transfer

  Fantasy: Iron-on transfer with a poorly done image of Tom Mix.