fme_676454 - CONQUEST SPACE - SPACE EXPLORATION Médaille, Apollo 15
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Type : Médaille, Apollo 15
Date: 1971
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 63 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 132,03 g.
Edge : lisse + MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y. BRONZE
Puncheon : BRONZE
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène, des concrétions vertes au revers. Présence d’une petite usure sur les reliefs
Obverse
Obverse legend : DAVID R. / SCOTT - SIGNATURE / COMMANDER // APOLLO / 15 // ALFRED M. / WORDEN / SIGNATURE // JAMES B. / IRWIN / SIGNATURE.
Obverse description : Bustes des 3 cosmonautes de face, médaillon à gauche, signé : RALPH. J. MENCONI 1971.
Reverse
Reverse legend : HADLEY- / APENNINE / JULY.26-AUGUST.7 / .1971. / ON THE MOON / .67. / HOURS // LUNAR ROVING / VEHICLE.
Reverse description : Représentation de la mission sur la Lune, un véhicule au premier plan, Terre à l’arrière plan.
Commentary
Exemplaire dans sa boîte de la Société américaine de la médaille MEDALLIC ART et accompagné de sa notice explicative.
example in its box from the American Society of the MEDALLIC ART medal and accompanied by its explanatory note
example in its box from the American Society of the MEDALLIC ART medal and accompanied by its explanatory note
Historical background
CONQUEST SPACE - SPACE EXPLORATION
from 1944
The exploration of space, sometimes called the conquest of space, consists of the physical exploration of space, that is to say of all objects outside the Earth. The exploration of the solar system constitutes the first stage, one of the major events of the second half of the 20th century on the scientific level, but also more broadly for our societies, by the prodigious expansion of this new frontier..
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