Desirable bi-fold program for the "Presentation of the National Geographic Society's Hubbard Medal" to the Apollo 11 crew on February 16, 1970, 10 x 10, signed on the back cover in black felt tip by Neil Armstrong. The Hubbard Medal is awarded by the National Geographic Society for distinction in exploration, discovery, and research: other recipients have included polar explorers like Robert Peary, Roald Amundsen, and Ernest Shackleton; aviators Richard E. Byrd, Charles Lindbergh, and Anne Morrow Lindbergh; the 1954 British Mount Everest Expedition; and the crew of Apollo 8. In very good condition, with creases to the top edge, a vertical fold to the right of the signature, and Armstrong's autograph a shade or two light.
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