Creator(s): Walker Hancock (Artist) , Medallic Art Company (Foundry)
Currently in storage
About this object
Inaugural Medal of Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon, with stand. On obverse: full profile portraits of President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon, with the Presidential portrait slightly on top of the Vice President. Both men face left and are shown in a jacket and tie. On reverse: inscription with wheat design around border.
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.424.3
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION; MARK on front: Second*Inauguration*January*20*1957**, on back: Dwight David Eisenhower Richard Milhous Nixon; mark on rim: Medallic Art Co. N.Y. Fine Silver 428 on front under shoulder: W. Hancock
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973