MEDAL

Creator(s): Ralph J. Menconi (Artist) , Medallic Art Company (Foundry)

Currently in storage

About this object

Inaugural medal of Richard Nixon. On obverse: Three quarter portrait of President Nixon facing right, in jacket and tie. On reverse: The Great Seal of the United States, frontal view of eagle, wings spread, holding an olive branch in his right talons and arrows in his left.

Object name:

MEDAL

Made from:

Bronze

Made in:

USA

Date made:

1969

Size:

83.8 cm (33 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

14.152

Class:

METAL

Signature marks:

INSCRIPTION; MARK on front: Richard*Milhouse*Nixon signature of artist Ralph J. Menconi c 1969, on back: 37th President of the United States of America*Inaugurated January 20th 1969; mark: Medallic Art Co. N.Y. Bronze

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973