From the Collection of a Prominent West🐭 Coast Coꦜllector
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July 20, 09:53 PM GMT
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4,000 - 6,000 USD
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FROM THE COLLECTIO🌸N OF A PROMINENT WEST C꧟OAST COLLECTOR
FLOWN ON SKYLAB III (SL-4)
APOLLO ASTRONAUT CHARLES DUKE'S FLOWN SKYLAB III ROBBINS MEDALLION
FLOWN Skylab III Robbins Medallion #38F, NGC MS 63 (certificate number: 3044079-003), sterling silver, 37 by 35 mm. Obverse features the mission insignia depicting a large number 3 and a rainbow circling the three major areas of investigation in the mission, as depicted symbolically through a tree, a hydrogen atom, and a human silhouette, reverse engraved with launch and return dates ("Nov. 16, 1973 to Feb 8, 1974"). Wi♉th an Autograph Letter Signed by CHA💖RLES DUKE on his letterhead.
ONE OF ONLY 70 FLOWN OF 190 MINTED
Charlie Duke's provenance letter reads: "I hereby certify that Skylab III (SL-4) Silver Robbins Medal, serial number 38F, was one that was flown aboard the third and final manned Skylab mission, November 16, 1973-February 8, 1974. As a member of the Astronaut office, I was permitted to purchase this flown medal. It has been in my possession and a part of my personal collection of space artifacts since receiving it shortly after the mission."