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Medal - Mercury IV Second Man in Space
| Location | United States |
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| Thickness | 2.4 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central relief depicts astronaut Virgil I. Grissom in full spacesuit clambering out of the Mercury capsule floating on ocean waves, with clouds in the background field. The legend curves along the upper rim reading SECOND U.S. MAN IN SPACE, with VIRGIL I. GRISSOM inscribed along the lower rim, all within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | MERCURY IV MISSION: FURTHER MANNED SPACE FLIGHT ROCKET: REDSTONE ORBITS: SUB-ORBITAL DISTANCE: 303 MILES JULY 21, 1961 |
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