Buzz Aldrin's Tsiolkovsky Medal and Accompanying Certificate

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July 26, 06:15 PM GMT

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 USD

Lot Details

Description

Tsiolkovsky Medal. 1 inch in diameter, obverse features engraving of Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky's face, reverse with "1857-1935" engraved at center denoting Tsiolkovsky's years of life, supporting text in Cyrillic script along the edges. Blue ribbon attached. WITH: award certificate dated October 4, 1987. Signed in blue ink with purple stamp.

Directly from the Personal Collection of Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin

SOVIET TSIOLKOVSKY MEDAL PRESENTED TO BUZZ ALDRIN IN 1987

This medal honors the memory of Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935), the Russian/Soviet rocket scientist and one of the founding fathers of modern rocketry. Originally awarded only to members of the Soviet space program, Tsiolkovsky medals were sometimes given as diplomatic gifts from high government or space program officials to their international peers.

REFERENCES:

"Medal, K.E. Tsiolkovsky." Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/medal-k-e-tsiolkovsky/nasm_A19740617000

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