You are bidding on a VERY UNUSUAL...ANTIQUE (TOLD 1920 ERA).........AND BELIEVE  EXTREMELY RARE TO FIND ANY EXONUIA FROM THIS TOWN.....DISPLAYS WELL, ORIGINAL OWNER SAID "SCARCE" old brass badge which simply says " ROTARY INTERNATIONAL - HOLTVILLE, CALIF"   which is from the very tough exonumia town of  HOLTVILLE, CALIFORNIA

THIS CAME OUT OF A COLLECTION OF  CALIFORNIA DESERT / IMPERIAL COUNTY TRADE TOKENS & MEDALS BOUGHT MANY YEARS AGO. ORIGINAL OWNER THOUGHT VERY SCARCE....AND I LOOKED ONLINE AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING LIKE IT (has been carefully stored over the years)

APPEARS THIS BRASS BADGE LIKELY ISSUED TO A MEMBER OF THE "ROTARY" ORGANIZATION....HAS A LARGE BRASS TAB ON BACKSIDE SO IT COULD HANG IN A POCKET OR COLLAR....REALLY A NICE OLD PC.

THE DESERT TOWN OF "HOLTVILLE" WAS FOUNDED ORIGINALLY BACK IN THE 1880'S AS "HOLTON" CALIFORNIA....SOMETIME AROUND 1904 NAME CHANGED TO "HOLTVILLE"....ORIGINAL OWNER THOUGHT THIS OLD BRASS BADGE WAS FROM 1920'S ERA

IT IS RARE TO FIND ANY EXONUMIA FROM THIS TOWN....DONT THINK I HAVE EVER HAD A TRADE TOKEN FROM "HOLTVILLE"

The town of HOLTVILLE  is located in the Colorado / Sonoran desert region of Imperial County, located south of the Salton Sea, near towns of Imperial, Calexico, Brawley and Ocotillo.

Badge is brass metal with blue inlaid enamel , it has a tab on back side to hang this badge, it measures about 61mm x 55mm  in size, and  displays very nicely. Natural background patina intact...

Gallery pictures should give you all the information you need. ANTIQUE 1920 ERA AND BELIEVE RARE TO FIND BRASS BADGE / EXONUMIA FROM THE RARE DESERT TOKEN TOWN OF HOLTVILLE, CALIFORNIA

Thanks so much for looking....collect and invest in history!!!!!   Tangible assets are always the best ones.