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Original 1896 Baltimore Orioles World Champions Pin Back.
Top of pin reads \"OUR OLD CHAMPIONS\" with \"CHAMPIONS OF 1896 BALTIMORE BASEBALL CLUB\". Ribbon has a National League Emblem and a smaller Pin of the Maryland State Flag attached.
The Orioles finished 1st in the National League in 1894, 1895, 1896 and 2nd in 1897.
They won the final two Temple Cups in 1896 & 1897.
Paper insert on back states \"MADE BY HYATT M\'F\'G\' CO. BALTO. MD. BADGES & BUTTONS OF ALL KINDS\".
Pin measures 1 3/4\" in diameter. KILLER SHAPE!
Players shown (left to right): Top row - Joe Quinn, Sadie McMahon, Duke Esper, George Hemming, Frank Bowerman, Boileryard Clarke & Jim Donnelly;Middle row - Steve Brodie, Bill Hoffer, Joe Kelley (HOF), manager Ned Hanlon (HOF), Wilbert Robinson (HOF), Hughie Jennings (HOF) & Heinie Reitz; Front row - Jack Doyle, John McGraw (HOF), Wee Willie Keeler (HOF) & Arnie Pond.
The Orioles played in four straight Temple Cup World Series from 1894 to 1897. Renowned for the \"Old Oriole Spirit\" which impelled men to ignore injuries and keep on playing, the feisty Orioles made baseball into a real team sport, specializing in relays and cut-offs - and pioneering the hit and run. They were known as baseball\'s first \"greatest team of all time\".
A truly RARE and possibly one of a kind still surviving PIN.
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