can anyone id this item? dug up this cool 1926 watch fob?

[LETSHUNTNOW]

Hello, found this cool little item last night..i found this at an old homesite that i have found a walking liberty half,barber dimes, and a cool 1897 dog tax tag...measures 1 1/4 wide and 1 1/2 inch tall...says 1926 w and has a badger or wolverine on it...that's what it looks like to me....backside at bottom has bolland's st Louis.............i thought it was a watch fob and i googled and came up with Wisconsin badgers and Michigan wolverines in 1926 but it could be anything..any help..thank you

 

[Gunrunner61]

I think you got it...........jmho.............HH

 

[surf]

Hey LETS,

Self solved, I'd say, well done.

Very Scarce Antique 1926 U of Wisconsin Old Design Badger Fob | eBay

 

[Bramblefind]

Super find!

I'm not convinced yet that it is associated with either Wisconsin or Michigan. It might be ... but I haven't seen enough to convince me. Wisconsin has the badger and Michigan has the wolverine. This looks like a wolverine to me (?) So it should have the "M" not a "W".

I also don't think it fits that either of those teams would enlist a jeweler in St. Louis to design a fob. But again I could be wrong! I'm just not feeling convinced.

There were many "minor league" sports teams of all sorts of sports around during that time that have come and gone from history. I.e. when I researched it I found a team from Rockford, Illinois in the City Basketball League that was called the Wolverines that got a lot of press in the newspaper of that era. But I also thought a Rockford team would more likely use a Chicago jeweler to make a fob if they had one...