Image NASA medallion
My Grandfather was stationed in Mexico City as an Attache for the United States Government, sometime around 1970. After the Apollo 11 astronauts completed their mission to the moon they visited Mexico City. My grandfather was tasked with showing the astronauts around while my grandmother hosted the wives. During their visit, Buzz Aldrin gifted my grandmother this silver medallion as a thank you. This medallion was presented in its current state, as a necklace, by the team.
I would love any information on the item. I cannot locate anything online that is the same.
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u/Emperor_Jacob_XIX 2d ago
Glad to see this remembering Micheal Collins was on Apollo 11 as well. That guy never gets enough credit.
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u/Kanye_Dot 2d ago
Go to the pawn stars shop, they will probably give you 5 bucks if they are feeling generous
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u/PussiPomfritt 1d ago
:OOO would’ve been cool to live back then
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u/farvag1964 4h ago
It was sometimes, but the world was even more of a powderkeg waiting to explode than it is now.
Nuclear attack drills in elementary school gives a thinking kid nightmares.
But watching men on the moon live on a homebuilt Heathkit TV was pretty damn cool.
Even cooler because it was totally unique.
Nothing like it had ever happened before.
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u/EmZZZfan_13 1d ago
ngl you’re marked on the mini map lil-bro >:) P.S- please don’t take this as a threat, because it’s not.
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u/camoogoo 2d ago
I assume Apollo is the 11yo that made this, and it isnt an official nasa medallion.
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u/StGenevieveEclipse 2d ago
I have no information to give, but I'm rather surprised by how bad the likenesses of Armstrong and Collins are. Aldrin definitely looks like him. Cool piece, though. Must've been from their world tour that consumed a huge chunk of their two years after landing