Creator(s): Ralph J. Menconi (Artist) , Medallic Art Company (Foundry)
Currently in storage
About this object
Inaugural medal: Richard Nixon. On obverse: three quarter portrait of President Nixon facing right, in jacket and tie. On reverse: Great Seal of the United States, frontal view of an eagle, wings spread, holding an olive branch in his right talons and arrows in his left.
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.426
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION; MARK on front: Richard*Milhous*Nixon, on back: 37th President of the United States of America*Inaugurated January 20th 1969; mark on rim: Medallic Art Co. N.Y. 999+ Pure Silver 1142 on front left center: Ralph J. Menconi c1969
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973