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President Lyndon B. Johnson
Designed and engraved by: Frank Gasparro (American, 1909–2001)
1965
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 76 mm, 215.4 gm (3 in., 7.6 oz.)
Credit Line
Gift of Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession Number2005.1158
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionObv: · LYNDON B. JOHNSON around a bust of Johnson facing front, signed on the truncation of the bust: F. GASPARRO.
Rev: · PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA · / INAUGURATED JANUARY 20, 1965, around ON THIS OCCASION, THE / OATH I HAVE TAKEN / BEFORE YOU AND BEFORE / GOD - IS NOT MINE ALONE, / BUT OURS TOGETHER. / WE ARE ONE NATION / AND ONE PEOPLE... / (engraved with Johnson's signature) / the Presidential Seal, signed FG below.
Edge: plain.
Rev: · PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA · / INAUGURATED JANUARY 20, 1965, around ON THIS OCCASION, THE / OATH I HAVE TAKEN / BEFORE YOU AND BEFORE / GOD - IS NOT MINE ALONE, / BUT OURS TOGETHER. / WE ARE ONE NATION / AND ONE PEOPLE... / (engraved with Johnson's signature) / the Presidential Seal, signed FG below.
Edge: plain.
ProvenanceCornelius C. Vermeule, III, by 1971; to the MFA, 2005.