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Medal - Project Mercury Alan Shepard
| Location | United States |
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| Year | 1961 |
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| Edge | Reeded © Greg Laws (CC BY-NC) |
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| Obverse description | Central relief depicting the Redstone rocket with Mercury capsule atop, shown at launch with exhaust clouds at its base, surrounded by small five-pointed stars in the field. The legend '..ALAN SHEPARD..' arcs across the upper periphery, '"1st AMERICAN IN SPACE"' appears horizontally across the mid-field flanking the rocket, with the mission designation 'M/R III' in large characters and the date 'MAY 5, 1961' in the lower exergue. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1961 |
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