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A N D O T H E R R E L A T E D M E M O R A B I L I A
Official Presidential Inaugural Medals
The 1937 medal is the only one where the President’s portrait
appears on one side and the Vice President’s on the other. It
has the distinction of having the lowest mintage of any of the
four publicly offered Roosevelt official medals. 1,006 were
originally struck. 90 were later melted in 1942 to contribute to
the war effort. ( $800-1000)
257.
OFFICIAL
INAUGURAL
INVITATION – CON-
GRESSIONAL PACKET.
Radford Unlisted. Near Mint
condition. This item consists of the following:
1.
Original envelope headed UNITED STATES SENATE.
INAUGURAL PLATFORM C. Numbered and embossed
with the Presidential Seal;
2.
10 x 6 3/4” Invitation. Black intaglio on white. (BEP).
Vignette of the Presidential Seal;
3.
Portrait vignette of President Roosevelt, his facsimile
signature below;
4.
Portrait vignette of Vice President Garner, his facsimile
signature below;
5.
A 16 page Program of the Inauguration Ceremonies
embossed with the same seal that appears on the
invitation. Three [#898,899 &900] available.
6.
Numbered admission ticket to Section C of the Inaugural
Platform with numbered envelope, (Krohn CT 1933-07)
(G)
258. ENGRAVED
AND
NAMED
COMMEMORATIVE
INVITATION, 1937.
Unlisted by Krohn. 9 x 12 ½”. Mint
condition This invitation has been personalized TO “MR. AND
MRS. HAROLD SINTON” on the third line. (Mrs. Sinton was
the niece of FDR’s secretary, Grace Tully.)
Personalized invitations such as this were issued from 1933
through 1957, after which they ceased to be personalized.
They were given to VIP recipients only because of the extra
work of personalizing them and were intended as historical
keepsakes only since they served no other function. Every
person whom received one of these inventions also received the
so-called “Congressional Invitation” which actually entitled the
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recipient to attend the inaugural ceremonies. Edward Krohn in
his
Presidential Inauguration Collectibles Catalog”
lists and
pictures all of the personalized commemorative invites through
1957 except for the 1937 – certainly a testament to its rarity. This
is only the second 1937 commemorative invite we have ever
offered. (G)
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, 1941
259.
OFFICIAL MEDAL, TYPE I,
FDR 1941-3. 41mm. Bronze.
Jo Davidson (obv.) & John Sinnock (Rev.), Sc. (U.S.Mint).
Lightly toned About Uncirculated. Obverse with a portrait of
Roosevelt to the left within an irregular circle suggestive of an
ancient Greek coin. The surrounding legend is in a raised band:
* FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT * PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The reverse, in stark
contrast, is modern and traditional. THIRD INAUGURATION
* * around a wreath of oak and laurel enclosing JAN. 20/ 1941
This is the scarce Type I variety of the 1941 medal. The first
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