Medal for flight of Apollo 8, 1968

This is a medal issued in Australia to commemorate the first manned lunar orbit flight in December 1968. The crew, Frank Borman (commander), James A. Lovell and William A. Anders photographed the lunar surface, both farside and nearside and obtained information needed for future Apollo landings.

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Obverse – Images of the Earth and the Moon with the legend TEN LUNAR ORBITS TWO EARTH ORBITS. Around this is the legend MANS FIRST HISTORIC FLIGHT AROUND THE MOON DECEMBER 1968.		Reverse – The legend: THE HISTORIC MEDAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND. APOLLO 8 LAUNCHED CAPE KENNEDY RETURNED PACIFIC OCEAN AREA COLONEL FRANK BORMAN CAPTAIN JAMES LOVELL MAJOR WILLIAM ANDERS ASTRONAUTS OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Purchased, 1993