Creator(s): Walker Hancock (Artist) , Medallic Art Company (Foundry)
Currently in storage
About this object
Presidential medal: Dwight D. Eisenhower. On obverse: head only profile portrait of President Eisenhower facing left. On reverse: frontal view of eagle holding arrows in its left talons and an olive branch in its right. Around border: stalks of wheat.
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.423
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION; MARK on front: Dwight*David*Eisenhower*MCMLIII (in a banner), on back:Inaugurated President of the United States of America January 20, 1953; mark: Medallic Art Co. N.Y. Fine Silver 313 left right under shoulder: W. Hancock
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973