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 William McKinley facing left. The legend reads: 25th PRESIDENT, U.S.A./1897-1901/ASSASSINATED/WILLIAM McKINLEY.
Reverse: Legend reads: "LITTLE MACK"/MAJOR IN CIVIL WAR/CONGRESSMAN/GOVERNOR OF OHIO/SERVED AS PRESIDENT THROUGHOUT WAR WITH SPAIN/ASSASSINATED AT PAN AMERICAN EXPOSITION IN BUFFALO/"OUR MARTYRED PRESIDENT."