Medals

President Harry S. Truman receives a gold medal and scroll declaring him an honored guest in Mexico City. Present at the ceremony, Mexican President Miguel Aleman.

President Harry S. Truman receives a gold medal and a scroll from President Miguel Aleman declaring him a guest of honor in Mexico City.

This is a photograph of the Inauguration Medal with an eagle on the face and President Harry S. Truman's name made by sculptor Julio Kilenyi.

This is a photograph of the Inauguration Medal with an image of President Harry S. Truman on the left and an eagle on the right made by sculptor Julio Kilenyi.

This is a photo of the Inauguration medal with an image of President Harry S. Truman on the face made by sculptor Julio Kilenyi.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, right, receives a medal from an unidentified United States military official.

A serious President Harry S. Truman (right) looks down at the medal Brig. General Fred W. Warren has just pinned on his coat in a White House Rose Garden ceremony today. The decoration, with two clusters, is the first Armed Forces Reserve Officers Medal. Truman retired as a reserve officer last year after holding the rank of Captain for 30 years. Brig. General Warren, of Ft. Thomas, Kentucky, is Vice President of the Army Reserve Officers Association. Major General Harry Vaughan (rear) is the President's military aide. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman (left) presents General Dwight D. Eisenhower (right) with the third leaf cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal during a ceremony at the Pentagon.

In a brief ceremony at the White House President Harry S. Truman (right) receives the a medal from the Pan American Society of the United States by Thomas W. Parker (left), President of the Pan American Society of the United States.

President Harry S. Truman (left) holds the Legion of Merit Medal, Degree of Commander, awarded to His Royal Highness Crown Prince Saud Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia (right).