Flown sterling silver Apollo 14 Robbins medal, approximately 1.5″ in diameter, with a raised design of the Apollo 14 mission insignia on the face and engraved on the reverse with the launch date of January 31, 1971, moon landing date of February 5, 1971, and return date of February 9, 1971, encircled by the astronauts’ names in raised lettering. The medal is serial numbered “122” on the rim and includes its original matching case. Condition is mint state. From the personal collection of Alan Bean. Accompanied by a lengthy handwritten and flight-certified letter of provenance from Bean, in full: “I hereby certify that the Apollo 14 silver Robbins medal, serial number 122 traveled to and from the moon in the command module ‘Kitty Hawk’ in late January to early February 1971. This medal was returned to Earth by Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell and has been in my personal collection since that time.”
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