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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 5293355, member: 101855&quot;]<b>Dwight D. Eisenhower</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>1953</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1222339[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Dwight Eisenhower appears with his running mate, Richard Nixon, on this 1952 campaign button. </i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1222337[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Bronze Medal</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1222338[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Silver medal</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Designer</b> Walker Hancock</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Diameter</b>&nbsp; 70 mm</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Mintages</b>&nbsp; 2 in gold, 813 in silver, 25,685 in bronze</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes:</b> Eisenhower’s landslide win in 1952 ended 20 years of Democratic Party dominance in presidential politics. The Republicans celebrated in a big way. The inaugural parade was the largest ever to pass before a presidential viewing stand. <b>The silver metal</b> was offered to the public for the first time resulting in an unpreceded high mintage of 813 pieces. Bronze medal sales soared to over 25,000. In addition, charm sized versions of the medal (21 mm) were struck in gold and awarded to the First Lady and the wives of the inaugural committee officials.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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