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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4534674, member: 101855"][ATTACH=full]1122816[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1122817[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Designer Jo Davidson</p><p><br /></p><p>Diameter 45 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Mintages 10 in gold, 2 in silver, 3,500 in bronze</p><p><br /></p><p>Notes: 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.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Many Democrats insisted that Franklin Roosevelt replace his vice president from 1941 to 1945, Henry Wallace. Some of them might well have realzied that FDR was too ill to complete his fourth term. The replacement was Harry S. Truman. </i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1122815[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4534674, member: 101855"][ATTACH=full]1122816[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1122817[/ATTACH] Designer Jo Davidson Diameter 45 mm Mintages 10 in gold, 2 in silver, 3,500 in bronze Notes: 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. [I]Many Democrats insisted that Franklin Roosevelt replace his vice president from 1941 to 1945, Henry Wallace. Some of them might well have realzied that FDR was too ill to complete his fourth term. The replacement was Harry S. Truman. [/I] [ATTACH=full]1122815[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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