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Gemini 9A Flown Gilt over Silver Fliteline Medallion with Pin Back Originally from the Personal Collection of Mission Pilot Ge...
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Gemini 9A Flown Gilt over Silver Fliteline Medallion with Pin Back Originally from the Personal Collection of Mission Pilot Gene Cernan, with His Signed Handwritten and Typed Letters of Certification. This 25mm x 19mm shield-shaped gold-colored sterling silver medal has the mission insignia on the front which depicts the Gemini spacecraft in rendezvous with an Agena Target Vehicle and a tethered astronaut forming the figure "9", all in front of a large Roman numeral "IX". The reverse gives the surnames of the crew, Cernan and Stafford, as well as the engraved dates of the mission, "June 3-6 1966".Included with this lot is a handwritten and signed letter from Cernan on his letterhead stating, in full: "I hereby certify that the Gemini IX Sterling Silver Flite Line Medal with gold color plating, further identified by the pin back assembly on its reverse, was flown aboard Gemini IX, June 3-6, 1966." Also included is a signed typed letter using essentially the same text but with added: "It has been part of my personal collection since the mission."
Auction Info
2018 November 1 - 3 Space Exploration Signature Auction Featuring The Armstrong Family Collection Part I #6205 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
November, 2018
1st-3rd
Thursday-Saturday
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