$275.00
Description
Description: This well-executed carved wooden bas-relief portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt is signed lower right by Finnish artist T. Alikylä. It is made from three pieces of laminated Klobbol wood with the bark still attached on the edges.
Verso is marked in graphite: “1945 Sgt. Peterson 36th Division U.S. Army”. 15″ x 12″. Item #FA00440
Condition: The FDR Library has two similar plaques in its collection that were given to Eleanor Roosevelt from G.I.’s that had purchased them in Finland.