MEDAL
Creator(s): Paul Manship (Artist) , Medallic Art Company (Foundry)
Currently in storage
About this object
Inaugural medal of John F. Kennedy. On obverse: profile portrait of President Kennedy facing left in jacket and tie. On reverse: American eagle in center surrounded by ring of fifty stars.
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 14.150
- Class:
- METAL
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION; MARK on front: John Fitzgerald Kennedy, on back: President of the United States of America Inaugurated January 20th 1961; mark: Medallic Art Co. N.Y. Bronze; on front: Paul Manship c 1961
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973