Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Medal
Object Number:
1966.149
Date:
1934
Medium:
Gilt bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 3 in. ( 7.6 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, below bust truncation, at center: "J.R.SINNOCK F. AD VIVUM MCMXXXIV."
Inscription: reverse, at lower center: "J.R.S."
Description:
Gilt bronze struck medal with obverse showing clothed bust of Franklin Delano Roosevelt facing right with legend: "FRANKLIN.DELANO.ROOSEVELT.PRESIDENT.OF.THE.UNITED.STATES." Reverse depicts eagle upon shield with American flag and fasces; with insciption: "INAUGURATED/MARCH 4.1933."
Credit Line:
Estate of Henry O. Havemeyer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
