This celebrated Pierce Arrow "mascot" being the car's signature kneeling archer of chromed metal drawing a bronze bow and arrow, the work titled "Tieur d' Arc" and signed "W. N. Schnell" in the casting, mounted to an octagonal wooden base. (5 in.; 7 in. HOA). The owner of this piece, Secret Service Agent Charles W. Fredricks, was a one-time Pierce Arrow employee who retained this ornament as a memento of his service with the company. Starting in 1942, Charlie Fredericks became Franklin Roosevelt's personal bodyguard and served in that capacity until the president's 1945 death at Warm Springs, Georgia. Also present is a small archive of ephemera and press photographs remembering President Roosevelt. Included are the following items: nine 8.5 x 11.25 in. glossy photographs of President Roosevelt on inspection tours of military installations and aircraft factories; a 5 x 7 in. image of the president on a naval vessel (Fredericks is near Roosevelt in every picture); U.S.S. Quincey newspaper of February 14, 1945, reporting the Yalta conference; two Pennsylvania Railroad menus from a trip to Ohio and another from a Hyde Park journey; four White House car passes; ten White House Christmas cards and invitations; a small collection of 1948 El Salvador stamps commemorating Franklin Roosevelt's presidency, with the 14 Centavo stamp depicting a dark-suited man resembling Charlie Fredericks standing behind the seated president.

By descent from the collection of the late Charles W. Fredericks

Good estate condition throughout.