Collection Highlights
Fete to Lafayette
Date:
1824
Object Number:
PR.022.9
Medium:
Engraving
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Fourth Presidential Inauguration Medal
Object Number:
1945.60a
Date:
1945
Medium:
Gilt bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.5 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, at lower left of field: "Jo Davidson"
Description:
Gilt bronze struck medal with obverse showing clothed bust of Franklin D. Roosevelt facing right with legend: "FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT - FOURTH INAUGURATION 1945." Reverse depicts ship at sea with surrounding legend: "THOU TOO SAIL ON O SHIP OF STATE - SAIL ON O UNION STRONG AND GREAT."
Credit Line:
Purchase
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