Franklin Delano Roosevelt Inaugural Medal [obverse]
1933
Designer, American, 1885 - 1966
Die Engraver, American, est. 1910 - closed 2016
Manufacturer, American, est. 1792

Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.3759.a
Associated Artworks

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Inaugural Medal: The Ship of State [reverse]
Paul Manship, Medallic Art Company, U.S. Mint
1933
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mrs. Corcoran Thom [née Mary Huntington Lay, 1877-1957], Washington; gift 1956 to the Cocoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
under truncation of bust: .P.MANSHIP.©; around top outer circumference: FRANKLIN.DELANO.ROOSEVELT.; around bottom outer circumference: .31ST.PRESIDENT.OF.THE.UNITED.STATES.; around top inner circumference: .1933. .1937.; around bottom inner circumference: .JOHN.NANCE.GARNER.VICE.PRESIDENT.