Apollo 8 MFA Medallion Containing Flown Metal

Medallion containing metal flown aboard Apollo 8 (Borman, Lovell, Anders), December 21–27 1968. Head side depicts the crew in profile beneath “Apollo 8”; the tails side, framed by “First Lunar Apollo Flight,” reads “In appreciation for your contribution to the Apollo Saturn Project. The Apollo 8 crew carried metal in this medallion on man’s first flight to the Moon,” with a small relief of the spacecraft above the rim. Two medallions of this issue are held in the collection.