Sterling silver Apollo 14 Robbins medallion attested as flown and deriving from the personal collection of Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin. The medallion, measuring approximately 1.5″ x 1″, features a raised design of the Apollo 14 mission insignia on the face—the astronaut insignia approaching the moon, leaving a comet trail from the liftoff point on Earth, with the mission and crewmen's surnames in the border. The reverse is engraved with the launch date of January 31, 1971; lunar landing date of February 5, 1971; and return date of February 9, 1971. The medal is serial numbered "263" on the edge, and stamped with the Robbins "Sterling" hallmark. Encapsulated and graded by NGC as "MS 67," with the label noting the provenance, "Ex. Buzz Aldrin." Accompanied by the original case and a letter of provenance from aerospace memorabilia specialist Ken Havekotte, certifying that the medal "originated from the collection of Buzz Aldrin and was first sold in 1990 by Superior Galleries."
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