From the Collection🦄 of a Prominent West Coast Collector
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July 20, 09:53 PM GMT
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7,000 - 9,000 USD
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FROM THE COLLECTION OF A PROMINENT WEST COAST CO🍷LLECTOR
FLOWN ON THE SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA (STS-1)
COMMANDER JOHN YOUNG'S STS-1 FLOWN SILVER ROBBINS MEDALLION
FLOWN STS-1 Robbins Medallion #3F, NGC MS 67 (certificate number: 3044096-001), sterling silver, 37 mm in diameter. Obverse features the mission insignia depicting the shuttle and its orbit around the earth, reverse engraved with launch and return dates ("April 12, 1981 | April 14, 1981 | RW23 EDWARDS AFB"). With an Autograph Letter Signed by JOHN YOUNG on his le𝔍tterhead.
ONE OF ONLY 111 FLOWN OF 359 MINTED 🅺— THE FIRST ORBITAL SPACEFLIGHT OF NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM, ORIGIN📖ALLY FROM THE COLLECTION OF COMMANDER JOHN YOUNG
John Young's provenance letter reads: "I certify that STS-1 Silver Robbins medal #3F was flown aboard the mission."