James Lovell’s flown Gemini 7 Fliteline silver-colored medallion, 1″ in diameter, with the front featuring a raised design of the mission insignia, and the reverse engraved with the mission date, "December 4-18, 1965," with raised text above naming the astronauts and their mission, "Borman, Lovell, GT-7." Condition is mint state, with tarnishing to both sides, and a loop has been soldered to the top edge for display purposes. Accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from Gemini 7 Pilot Jim Lovell, who states: "I hereby certify that the silver-colored Gemini VII Fliteline medallion that accompanies this letter was flown with me aboard the mission, December 4-18, 1965. This medal is from my personal collection.”
Lovell served as the pilot for Gemini 7, spending nearly two weeks in space and making a total of 206 Earth orbits. The stylized silhouette of their capsule, the Gemini SC7 spacecraft, is seen in the insignia on the face of this medallion, flying behind an Olympic torch that symbolizes the marathon-like length of the mission. The capsule was the passive target for the first manned space rendezvous, performed by the crew of Gemini 6A on December 15th. A superb flown medallion carried into low earth orbit with Lovell during his very first space flight.
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