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This is a souvenir "good luck" token from the San Jacinto Monument and Battleship Texas Museum. - Circa 1960's, white metal (nickel or plated)
Obverse: Battleship Texas / Houston Texas
Reverse: San Jacinto Monument / Good Luck Souvenir
** The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's 1,200-acre San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site consists of the San Jacinto Battleground, the Monument and the Battleship Texas. In 1948, the Battleship Texas became the first battleship memorial museum in the United States. - The San Jacinto Monument is a 567.31-foot high column located on the site of the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836. The monument is listed as the tallest stone column memorial structure in the world, 15 feet taller than the Washington Monument in Washington, DC.