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Details
A GROUP OF GOLD JEWELRY
Comprising a 14K gold watch chain; a 14K gold cigar cutter, engraved "F.D.R., Feb. 7th 1907"; a 14K gold pocketknife, engraved "F.D.R, March 17th 1906"; and a gold Fly Club Kitty charm (4)
Comprising a 14K gold watch chain; a 14K gold cigar cutter, engraved "F.D.R., Feb. 7th 1907"; a 14K gold pocketknife, engraved "F.D.R, March 17th 1906"; and a gold Fly Club Kitty charm (4)
Exhibited
This lot was exhibited in the 1982 Franklin D. Roosevelt Centennial in New York State.
Further details
The gold "Kitty" charm, a leopard rampant guardant, represents the Fly Club-Alpha Delta Phi which Franklin D. Roosevelt was a member of at Harvard.The gold pocketknife was a first wedding anniversary gift (Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt were married March 17, 1905).The gold cigar cutter was a gift to Franklin D. Roosevelt when he graduated from Colombia Law School, February 7th, 1907. He was admitted to the Bar and joined the old-established Legal firm of Carter, Ledyard and Milburn.