Gemini 3 Flown Gilt over Silver Fliteline Medallion Originally from the Personal Collection of Tom Stafford, with His Signed Detailed Letter of Authenticity

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Gemini 3 Flown Gilt over Silver Fliteline Medallion Originally from the Personal Collection of Tom Stafford, with His Signed Detailed Letter of Authenticity. This 26mm sterling silver medal flew on America's first two-man space mission on March 23, 1965, along with Gus Grissom and John Young. The obverse features the mission insignia of a space capsule floating in the water with "The Molly Brown" and the crew's full names above and below. The reverse has a struck "GT-3" and an engraved mission date along with the sterling hallmark. Excellent.Included with this lot is an interesting signed LOA on Stafford, Burke and Hecker letterhead reading, in full: "The enclosed medallion was carried aboard the Gemini 3 spacecraft on March 23, 1965. This flight was the first manned Gemini mission and completed three orbits of the earth to verify spacecraft performance in the vacuum of space. The medallion is made of sterling silver and one of the very few that were gold plated for this flight. It was presented to me by fellow astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and John Young after their Gemini 3 flight. It bears the full names of Gus and John with a Gemini spacecraft floating on water called The Molly Brown. The March 23, 1965 mission date is engraved on the back. "Back in 1961 when Gus landed in the Atlantic Ocean after the completion of his sub-orbital read more

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