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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 5291859, member: 101855&quot;]<b>Franklin D. Roosevelt</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>1933</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1222191[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><i>This 1932 campaign button features Franklin Roosevelt and his running mate, John Nance Garner. It can be dated to the 1932 race because it mentions the word, &quot;repeal,&quot; which refers to the repeal of Prohibition of the sale of alcoholic beverages. This is a scarce item because of the reference to &quot;repeal&quot; on it. </i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1222190[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Designer</b> Paul Manship</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Diameter</b>&nbsp; 76 mm</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Mintages</b>&nbsp; 2 in gold, 4 known in silver,1,500 in yellow bronze, 50 in finished bronze</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes:</b> Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inaugural medal features a “ship of state” on the reverse. Roosevelt admired the metaphor and used it during his administration and on his 1945 medal. The bronze medal appears with two finishes. The much more common “yellow bronze” finish (shown above) was made at the Philadelphia Mint. The Medallic Art Company imparted a rich brown patina on the 50 pieces that it issued. Collectors highly prize the finished bronze pieces.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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