EISENHOWER/NIXON 1957 INAGURATION BADGE
Creator(s): Crafters Inc. (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
About this object
A badge made for the Inauguration of Eisenhower and Nixon in 1957. The ribbon is red, white and blue. There is a rectangular metal frame at the top with a pin on the back and the words "Inaugural Committee" inside the frame. Suspended from it is a red ribbon from which hangs a circular metal medal. It shows the capital surrounded by a field of stars, and an eagle with outstretched wings below it.
- Object name:
- EISENHOWER/NIXON 1957 INAGURATION BADGE
- Made from:
- Metal -- ribbon
- Made in:
- USA
- Date made:
- 1957
- Size:
- 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 14.296
- Class:
- METAL
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION; MARK on striped ribbon: 1789-1957 43rd Inaugural Dwight D. Eisenhower Richard M. Nixon January 20th 1957; on metal frame: Inaugural Committee; on red ribbon: Vice Chairman; on medal: Inauguration of President and Vice President, Eisenhower Nixon; on back of medal: A.G. Trimble by Crafters Inc, 4 marks: 1, circular mark, 6, wheel like mark, MPN in a shield, mark with a 25 under it
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973