John Fitzgerald Kennedy Inaugural Medal [reverse], 1961

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 6.99 cm (2 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Corcoran Thom, Jr.)

Accession Number

2015.19.3898.b

Artists / Makers

Paul Manship (designer) American, 1885 - 1966

Medallic Art Company (manufacturer) American, est. 1910 - closed 2016

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Inscription

around circumference: PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES; lower center: INAUGURATED / JANUARY 20TH 1961; on the banner held by eagle: E PLURIBUS UNUM

Provenance

Mrs. Corcoran Thom, Jr. [née Elizabeth H. Mitchell, 1911-1991]; gift 1969 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Thom, Jr., Mrs. Corcoran