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Plaque, Apollo 11 Commemorative, Michael Collins
Object Details
- Summary
- This commemorative plaque, crafted by Reed and Barton Silversmiths for the Danbury Mint, replicates the plaque left on the Moon in July 1969 on the leg of the Apollo 11 Eagle lunar module. The Apollo 11 mission, with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins, was the first human lunar landing. In 1974, the Danbury Mint issued approximately 7,500 of these commemorative plaques made of 24 kt gold, silver, and burnished copper. Each of the three Apollo 11 astronauts received one and the rest were made available to collectors. Michael Collins, later the director of the National Air and Space Museum and an undersecretary of the Smithsonian Institution, donated his plaque to the National Collection in 1986.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Michael Collins
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Date
- 1974
- Inventory Number
- A19870029000
- Manufacturer
- Danbury Mint
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- AWARDS-Miscellaneous
- Materials
- Wood base. Plaque is 24 kt gold and burnished copper etched on a pure silver plaque. Felt cloth storage bag.
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 30.5 × 1.9 × 25.4cm (12 × 3/4 × 10 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
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- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Hangar
- James S. McDonnell Space Hangar
- Record ID
- nasm_A19870029000
- Usage
- Not determined
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