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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 5291902, member: 101855&quot;]<b>Franklin D. Roosevelt</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>1945</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1222206[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><i>This 1944 button features FDR and his third running mate, Harry S. Truman. Many Democrats thought that Henry Wallace was too liberal and forced the change to Truman. </i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1222207[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Designer</b> Jo Davidson</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Diamete</b>r&nbsp; 45 mm</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Mintages</b>&nbsp; 10 in gold, 2 in silver, 3,500 in bronze</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes:</b> Artist Jo Davidson captured the fatigue on the war weary president’s face on this final FDR inaugural medal. Roosevelt died less than three months after his fourth inauguration. The unprecedented high mintage of 10 gold medals was a reflection of the diplomatic situation during World War II. Gold medals were awarded to Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, Stalin aide V. M. Molotov, British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia and two American ambassadors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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