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LOT 3671
Group of Six [6] AE Space Flight Medals. 19th century AD.
Comprising: six bronze medals commemorating maiden space flights, and one Shuttle Crew Emblem medal. UNC.(215gr total.).
Provenance
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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