MEDAL

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

Currently in storage

About this object

Inaugural medal of Dwight D. 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: wheat design around border.

Object name:

MEDAL

Made from:

Bronze

Made in:

USA

Date made:

1957

Size:

7 cm (2 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

14.149

Class:

METAL

Signature marks:

INSCRIPTION; MARK on front: Second Inauguration*January*20*1957**, on back: Dwight David Eisenhower Richard Milhous Nixon; mark: Medallic Art Co. N.Y. Bronze; on front: W. Hancock

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973