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Dwight David Eisenhower

Designed by: Walker Hancock (American, 1901–1998)
Struck by: Medallic Art Company (1900–1990)
1953
Mint: New York, New York, United States

Medium/Technique Patinated bronze
Dimensions Overall: Diam: 7 x 0.3 cm (2 3/4 x 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Katharine Lane Weems
Accession Number1989.578
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismaticsMedals

DescriptionObv: Profile portrait of Eisenhower / * DWIGHT * DAVID * EISENHOWER * MCMLIII
Rev: An eagle with wings spread and holding arrows in one foot and an olive branch in the other / INAUGURATED / PRESIDENT OF THE / UNITED STATES / OF AMERICA / JANUARY 20 / 1953 / THE INAUGURAL COMMITTEE 1953
Edge: MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y. BRONZE
ProvenanceCollection of Katharine Lane Weems; to MFA November 1989.
CopyrightReproduced with permission.