KENNEDY/JOHNSON 1961 INAGURATION BADGE
Creator(s): Bastion Brothers Company (Foundry)
Currently in storage
About this object
Badge made for the Inauguration of President and Vice President, Kennedy and Johnson 1961. On obverse: two medals attached to a ribbon. First, rectangular with an eagle with wings spread above. Second, circular with the Capitol in the center. No reverse.
- Object name:
- KENNEDY/JOHNSON 1961 INAGURATION BADGE
- Made from:
- Metal -- ribbon
- Made in:
- Rochester, USA
- Date made:
- 1961
- Size:
- 17.8 cm (7 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 14.161
- Class:
- METAL
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION; MARK on first medal: Inaugural Committee; on front: Inaugural Committee Inauguration of President and Vice President, on ribbon: 1789-1961 44th Inaugural John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson January 20th 1961; mark on back: Bastian Bros. Co. Rochester N.Y.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973