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Creator(s): Walker Hancock (Artist) , Medallic Art Company (Foundry)

Currently in storage


About this object

Presidential medal: Dwight D. Eisenhower. On obverse: head only profile portrait of President Eisenhower facing left. On reverse: frontal view of eagle holding arrows in its left talons and an olive branch in its right. Around border: stalks of wheat.

Made from:
Silver
Made in:
USA
Date made:
1953
Size:
7 cm (2 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
12.423
Class:
SILVER
Signature marks:
INSCRIPTION; MARK on front: Dwight*David*Eisenhower*MCMLIII (in a banner), on back:Inaugurated President of the United States of America January 20, 1953; mark: Medallic Art Co. N.Y. Fine Silver 313 left right under shoulder: W. Hancock
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973