Offered directly by Buzz Aldrin: an Apollo 11 Manned Flight Awareness medal, 1.25″ diameter, featuring a depiction of Buzz Aldrin looking at the American flag on the lunar surface. The reverse has raised text reading: "This Medallion contains metal from spacecrafts Columbia and Eagle, that took Astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins on their historic Apollo 11 mission that resulted in the first landing of man on the Moon." Includes an official glossy 10.5 x 8 NASA photo of the Apollo 11 mission insignia, signed in blue felt tip, "Buzz Aldrin, Apollo XI." Reverse of photo bears faded purple NASA caption text. In overall very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing. Accompanied by a copy of an unissued MFA Apollo 11 Medallion certificate, as well as a copy of an employee's letter from the Bendix Aerospace Systems Division, dated March 10, 1972, in part: "NASA had minted Apollo 11 Medallions from an alloy that includes metal from actual working components of the Eagle and the Columbia. They provided us with enough coins to be distributed to employees who worked on Apollo through July 19, 1969…These Medallions are presented to the employees to provide a tangible memento to the people whose efforts made the Apollo 11 mission possible." Proceeds benefit Aldrin’s new Human SpaceFlight Institute, a premier think-tank and innovation center.
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