Space Exploration
Space Exploration
DIRECTLY FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF APOLLO 9 LUNAR MODULE PILOT RUSSELL SCHWEICKART
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July 20, 09:53 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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DIRECTLY FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF APOLLO 9 LUNAR MODULE PILOT RUSSELL SCHWEICKART
FLOWN ON APOLLO 9
LUNAR MODULE PILOT RUSSELL SCHWEICKART'S FLOWN APOLLO 9 SILVER ROBBINS MEDALLION
FLOWN Apollo 9 Robbins Medallion #127, NGC MS 65 (certificate number: 4715796-024), sterling silver, 25 mm in diameter. Obverse features the mission insignia with the Saturn V rocket, command service module, and lunar module, reverse engraved with mission dates ("March 3-13 1969"), and serial number 127. With a Typed Letter Signed by RUSSELL SCHWEICKART on his personal letterhead.
Rusty Schweickart's provenance letter reads, in full: "I hereby certify that Apollo 9 silver Robbins Medallion, serial # 127, was flown with me aboard the Apollo 9 mission in 1969. This medallion has been in my personal collection since the mission."