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Columbia STS-1 Robbins Medal

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Columbia STS-1 Robbins Medal

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Auction Date:2011 Jan 20 @ 16:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Space Shuttle Columbia STS-1 Robbins Medal, approximately 1.5” diameter, with a raised design on the face of the mission insignia, and the mission and astronauts’ names. The reverse of the unflown sterling silver medal is engraved with the launch and re-entry dates, as well as the names of astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen. Serial numbered “21 F” around the rim. Normal condition. STS-1 was the first orbital flight of the shuttle, launched on April 12, 1981, and returning to Earth two days later. Made by the Robbins Company of Attleboro, Massachusetts, astronauts who are in line for a flight have the option of purchasing the medallions for themselves, family, and friends as personal souvenirs. The medals are made available only to the astronauts. At the conclusion of a flight, the tokens are sent back to Robbins, where they are engraved on the reverse, polished, numbered, and returned to the astronauts. The dyes are later destroyed.