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

Currently in storage


About this object

Inaugural Medal of Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon, with stand. On obverse: full profile portraits of President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon, with the Presidential portrait slightly on top of the Vice President. Both men face left and are shown in a jacket and tie. On reverse: inscription with wheat design around border.

Made from:
Silver
Made in:
USA
Date made:
1957
Size:
7 cm (2 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
12.424.2
Class:
SILVER
Signature marks:
INSCRIPTION; MARK on front: Second*Inauguration*Januart*20*1957**, on back: Dwight David Eisenhower Richard Milhous Nixon; mark on rim: Medallic Art Co. N.Y. Fine Silver 411 on front under shoulder: W. Hancock
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973