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Uncommon flown Franklin Mint Apollo 14 medallion carried into lunar orbit on the Command Module Kitty Hawk, serial number 0061, approximately 1.5˝ diameter, displayed inside a small cardboard holder, annotated and initialed in blue ballpoint by LMP Edgar Mitchell, "Flown on 'Kitty Hawk,' No. 0061, EM." The medal features the Apollo 14 mission insignia on the face, showing the astronaut emblem 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 depicts the lunar surface with a legend reading: "Spacecraft Kitty Hawk & Antares / Destination Fra Mauro—1971." In fine condition, with some light tarnishing to insignia side.
Accompanied by a letter of authenticity signed by Edgar Mitchell, in part: "This document is to certify Apollo 14 Franklin Mint Medallion, serial number 0061. The accompanying medallion was flown aboard the spacecraft Kittyhawk on the Apollo 14 expedition to the moon which launched January 31, 1971."
Each of the three Apollo 14 crew members carried 65 of these medallions in their PPKs. After the mission, fifty of them were returned to the Franklin Mint and melted down toward the production of Apollo 14 commemorative coins that were sent to Franklin Mint subscribers in 1971. Compared to the 303 Robbins medals flown on the mission, these Franklin Mint medals are considerably scarcer with just 145 possible examples.
Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Karlyn Mitchell, the daughter of Edgar Mitchell.
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