Avengers vs X-Men - Marvel Comics : 2012

1.5-inch pin-back button

Avengers vs. X-Men – 2012 crossover event that was featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The event, consisting of an eponymous limited series and numerous tie-in books, involves the return of the Phoenix Force and the subsequent war between the Avengers and the X-Men. The 12-issue series features a storyline by Jason Aaron, Brian Michael Bendis, Ed Brubaker, Jonathan Hickman and Matt Fraction, with a rotating team of artists including John Romita Jr., Olivier Coipel and Adam Kubert

A series of promotional pin-back buttons allow the wearer to declare if they were standing with the X-Men or the Avengers

Sampeck, Triple Service Suit - Cinema Stars : c1920s

 

1.25-inch Sampeck, Triple-Service Suit produced by New York firm "'Bim' The Button And Badge Man," as ID'd on the paper insert on the back to advertise a clothing store, Sampeck,  These were the most famous of the early cinema stars to include William S. Hart, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin

Los Angeles Express - USFL : 1983-1985

 

The Los Angeles Express was a team in the United States Football League (USFL) based in Los Angeles, California. Playing at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the Express competed in all three of the USFL seasons played between 1983 and 1985.

MLB - Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers - The Tigers celebrate six of their all-time great players with a series of unique statues located along the left centerfield wall. The statues are cast in stainless steel and capture the essence of some of the greatest Tigers in action--Ty Cobb, Charlie Gehringer, Hank Greenberg, Willie Horton, Al Kaline and Hal Newhouser. Each is perched atop a granite pedestal and reaches about 13 feet in height.

 

Marvel UK : 1975

Go Badge Mad!... with Marvel – 14 colorful badges to choose from, each depicting a Mighty Marvel Superhero. Start the craze to spread the word of Marveldom Countrywide! Show your friends which Superhero you support!

Advert on the back of Marvel Comics Spider-ManComics Weekly No99 January 4, 1975

 

JRR Toklien

Tengwar: Frodo Lives; Come to Middle Earth; Gandalf for President

Tengwar: Go Go Gandlaf (Big Store NYC); Have pipeweed

Tolkien's World bookstore; All who wander c2000;

Tolkien became popular in the 1960s and the hippie culture. The result was production of many unofficial fan-made buttons which reflected the hippie culture

Tolkien Visual Collecting Guide

The Hobbit is a 1968 BBC Radio adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 fantasy novel.

LBJ (President Lyndon B Johnson) - President George Bush