MEDAL
Creator(s): Ralph J. Menconi (Artist) , Medallic Art Company (Foundry)
Currently in storage
About this object
Inaugural medal of Richard Nixon. On obverse: Three quarter portrait of President Nixon facing right, in jacket and tie. On reverse: The Great Seal of the United States, frontal view of eagle, wings spread, holding an olive branch in his right talons and arrows in his left.
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 14.152
- Class:
- METAL
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION; MARK on front: Richard*Milhouse*Nixon signature of artist Ralph J. Menconi c 1969, on back: 37th President of the United States of America*Inaugurated January 20th 1969; mark: Medallic Art Co. N.Y. Bronze
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973