Apollo 11 Medallion

Object/Artifact

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McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center

Name/Title

Apollo 11 Medallion

Entry/Object ID

2024.13.35

Description

Apollo 11 Manned Flight Awareness Medallion July 20, 1969 Attached: Business Thank You Card Rocketdyne - North American Rockwell W.J. Brennan, President

Acquisition

Accession

2024.13

Source or Donor

Carol Tyler

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

NASA

Manufacturer

Barco Mint

Date made

circa 1969

Notes

Estimated 200,000 produced

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Embossed

Location

Front of medallion

Transcription

"THE EAGLE HAS LANDED" "JULY 20, 1969"

Language

English

Notes

Design: Astronaut on the moon with American flag

Type

Embossed

Location

Back of medallion

Transcription

"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."

Language

English

Dimensions

Diameter

1-1/4 in

Materials

Material

Aluminum

Material Notes

Contains a trace of melted support struts of spacecrafts of Columbia and Eagle