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Category 12: Medals and Medallions

Annie Glenn 1740 166 01-8-32- medallion with an image of the Parliament House, 19-05-0-1 New Delhi, presented to Annie Glenn during a trip to India in March 1989. Corporate 433 44 01-8-03- Cased set of eight brass medallions from various Boy 10-01-0-1 Scouts of America Jamborees, 1950-1973. 1676 165 01-8-32- Round acrylic block containing a 1.5 inch brass 19-04-0-1 medallion commemorating John J. Gilligan, the 62nd Governor of Ohio, 1971. 1692 168 01-7-06- Bronze George medallion presented to John 25-08-5-1 Glenn by the Freedom Foundation, circa 1965. 1693 Bronze " at Prayer" medallion presented to by the Freedom Foundation, circa 1965. 1694 Bronze medallion commemorating the dedication of the Catholic War Veterans of the U.S.A. memorial in Washington, DC, August 1967. 1695 Bronze medallion commemorating the "South Carolina Tricentennial - 1670-1970." 1697 Brass medal commemorating the opening of the Air and Space Wing of the Swiss Transport Museum, Lucerne, Switzerland, 1972. Military 1057 97 01-7-06- Brass medallion engraved " Marine Corps, 25-04-5-2 Uncommon Valor, Common Virtue, 1983." 1059 Bronze medallion engraved "United States Marine Corps, 1943-1999," with Marine emblem on front and flying bull on verso. 1060 Bronze medallion engraved "The Mutter Marines, Semper Fidelis; served 1953-1999," sent to John Glenn by Lt. General Carol Mutter. 1516 Brass medallion commemorating the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, no date, circa 1990s. 1517 Brass medallion commemorating the Marine Corps Aviation Association, no date, circa 1990s. 1612 Gold star and oak leaf cluster for John Glenn's 16th and 17th Air Medals awarded during the Korean War in 1953.

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Military 1674 165 01-8-32- Distinguished Flying Cross awarded to John Glenn for 19-04-0-1 his Project Bullet record setting transcontinental flight in July 1957. 1684 168 01-7-06- Enameled brass medal commemorating the "Naval 25-08-5-1 Aviation Centennial - 1911-2011." 1707 Enameled pewter medal commemorating the "Presidential Helicopter Squadron - U.S. Marine Corps - HMX-1," circa 2010. 1709 American Campaign medal awarded to John Glenn for his military service in World War II, 1945. 1764 166 01-8-32- U.S. Veterans of Foreign Wars Medal presented to John 19-05-0-1 Glenn, no date. 1890 175 01-8-36- Distinguished Flying Cross Medal awarded to John 15-05-0-1 Glenn for his Friendship 7 spaceflight on February 20, 1962. 1891 Set of ten small ribbons and medals, with stars and oak leaf clusters, representing the awards and honors earned by John Glenn during his military career in the U.S. Marine Corps, 1942-1964. 1892 Two rows containing the ten full-sized ribbons and medals, with stars and oak leaf clusters, representing the awards and honors earned by John Glenn during his military career in the U.S. Marine Corps, 1942-1964. 1893 China Service Medal awarded to John Glenn for his service in 1946 and 1947 with VMF-218, a Marine fighter squadron based at Nan Yuan Field outside the Chinese capital of Peiping. 1894 Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal awarded to John Glenn for his overseas military service during World War II, 1943-1944. 1895 Air Medal ribbon with ten of the eighteen stars awarded to John Glenn for his combat service in World War II and Korea during his military career in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1942 to 1964. 1896 Three oak leaf clusters for the six Distinguished Flying Crosses awarded to John Glenn during his military career in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1942 to 1964. 1897 Marksmanship medals earned by John Glenn during his military career in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1942 to 1964.

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NASA 356 36 01-7-32- "Our Lady of Loretto" medal sent to John Glenn by an 04-06-0-1 unidentified admirer before his Friendship 7 space flight in 1962. 358 Key chain with a brass medallion presented to John Glenn at "The Freedom Forum Astronaut Hall of Fame, 2000" with "Alan B. Shepard, Jr. 1925-1998" engraved on verso. 362 Paper "medallion" hand-crafted by the "St. Bernadette Young Astronauts 97-98," presented to John Glenn by students at the St. Bernadette Elementary School in Lancaster, Ohio in 1998. 393 102 01-8-18- Set of 21 bronze medallions commemorating the space 09-08-0-1 flights of NASA's Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs, from Mercury 3 to , limited edition "Men in Space" series produced by the Danbury Mint, 1969. 470 Limited edition framed set of medallions featuring the shoulder patch logos from the Mercury 6 Friendship 7 and the Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-95 space flights, with a brass plate inscribed "Godspeed John Glenn - U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame," 1998. 643 69 01-7-22- Silver medallion, in a triangular wooden case, for 21-06-0-1 Rottenest Island, Western Australia sent to John Glenn by its designer in 1999. 644 Brass medallion from the "Parlament de les Illes Balears, Quarta Legislatura," presented to John Glenn during the STS-95 crew tour of Spain in 1999. 654 10 01-7-25- Acrylic encased brass medallion for the American 13-04-0-1 Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 50th anniversary in 1981, presented to John Glenn on February 20, 1982 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Friendship 7 space flight. 672 70 01-8-33- Acrylic encased brass medallion containing images of 19-08-0-1 the Wright Brothers, John Glenn and , inscribed "Ohio's Aerospace Pioneers," presented to John Glenn by the Ohio Jaycees, circa 1970s. 748 Black acrylic disk containing five brass medallions commemorating various Apollo space flights, along with an "eagle landing on the moon" silver dollar and a 1971 half-dollar, circa 1970s. (from Glenn’s Senate office) 756 97 01-7-06- Silver French medallion "Monnaie de Paris," presented 25-04-5-2 to John Glenn in 1998. 3

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NASA 1061 97 01-7-06- “The Nation of Celestial Space - Silver Joule and Gold 25-04-5-2 Celeston” (two coins), sent to John Glenn by James Mangan, the "Prime Minister of Celestia," 1961. 1062 Sterling silver commemorative space age medals by Philip Kraczkowski, featuring John Glenn, 1959-1962 (medals not in folder, only literature) 1063 “Elias Cina Gold Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the World,” awarded to John Glenn for being “The first American to orbit the Earth," circa May 1962. 1064 Brass dollar token from "America's Space-Age World’s Fair: Century 21 Exposition, Seattle, USA, 1962," obtained by John Glenn during a trip to the exposition after his Friendship 7 space flight in 1962. 1065 Brass medallion from the U.S. Air Force support unit at Cape Canaveral engraved "45th Operations Support Squadron, Mercury and Beyond,” circa 1998. 1066 Bronze medallion commemorating NASA's STS-4 space shuttle mission, featuring a space shuttle and U.S. flag with engraved "Columbia, [Henry W.] Hartsfield, [Thomas K.] Mattingly, July 4, 1982." 1067 Bronze medallion commemorating the 75th anniversary of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics/National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NACA/NASA), 1915-1990. 1068 Bronze medallion commemorating the Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-93, with names of crew members and "first woman commander, largest payload to date, July 27, 1999.” 1069 Silver medallion engraved "John Glenn Returns to Space: STS-95, 1998," sent to John Glenn by the Azan North Brevard Shrine Club in Titusville, Florida," 1998. 1070 Bronze medallion featuring a space shuttle, engraved “U.S. Space Camp,” no date, circa 1990s. 1124 165 01-8-32- Rectangular medallion featuring the coat-of-arms for the 19-04-0-1 city of Ostend, Belgium on the obverse and "Stad Oostende" inscribed on the reverse, presented to John Glenn during his NASA goodwill trip to Europe, May 5, 1966. 1125 Bronze medallion commemorating the New York to Paris trans-Atlantic flight of featuring a bas relief image of the aviator, circa 1960s.

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NASA 1266 165 01-8-32- Brass medallion engraved “Atlas II/IIAS Final Flight, 19-04-0-1 1991-2004,” sent to John Glenn by the Lockheed Martin Corporation. 1300 Silver medallion from the Martha Kinney Cooper Ohioana Library with "To John H. Glenn, Jr. - October 26, 1963" inscribed on the reverse. 1321 Bronze medallion commemorating "Joseph Peres - 1890- 1962" featuring a bas relief image of the French mathematician and physicist, presented to John Glenn during his NASA goodwill trip to Europe in 1965. 1402 151 01-8-36- Cased bronze medallion containing the bas relief bust of 13-02-0-1 John Glenn at the National Space Hall of Fame, Houston, Texas, 1969. 1583 159 01-8-36- Bronze medallion on a blue ribbon, "U.S. Astronauts 14-05-0-1 Hall of Fame - John Glenn," no date, circa 1980s. 1586 999 01-7-31- Pair of bronze, 1.5 inch diameter medallions for the John 21-01-3-2 H. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, framed with a poster of Ohio astronauts and a plate inscribed "Presented at the NASA 50th Anniversary Gala and Ohio Astronaut Reunion, August 29, 2008." 1624 97 01-7-06- Bronze medallion commemorating the "40th 25-04-5-2 Anniversary of Americans in Orbit - 1962-2002." 1646 Silver medal commemorating the 50th anniversary of John Glenn's Friendship 7 (MA-6) space flight, produced by Galaxy Medals, Inc, 2012. 1655 Limited edition medallion commemorating NASA's space shuttle program, framed and matted with a series of space shuttle U.S. postage stamps, lapel pins from space shuttle missions STS-1 and STS-135, and a 30th anniversary space shuttle pin, produced by Winco International of Chatworth, California, 2011. (number 302 of 5000) 1664 Bronze Medal, replica produced by the U.S. Mint of the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to John Glenn and the Apollo 11 astronauts on November 11, 2011. 1671 165 01-8-32- Silver medallion inscribed "Visitante Ilustre de la Villa 19-04-0-1 de Madrid" (Distinguished Visitor to the City of Madrid) on obverse and "Sr. John Glenn - 8 de Enero de 1999" (January 8, 1999) on reverse, presented to John Glenn during a trip to Spain by the crew of Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-95.

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NASA 1672 165 01-8-32- Pewter bas relief medallion inscribed "Congreso de Los 19-04-0-1 Diputados" (House of Commons), presented to John Glenn during a trip to Spain by the crew of Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-95, 1999. 1678 Bronze medal, 1.5 inches in diameter, of the "First Man on the Moon," produced by the 99 Company, encased within a first day of issue cover of the U.S. Postage stamp "First Man on the Moon," 1969. 1677 168 01-7-06- Brass unit medallion for the U.S. Air Force's 374th 25-08-5-1 Airlift Wing at Yokota Air Base, Japan, presented to John Glenn during the trip to Japan by the crew of Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-95, 1999. 1681 Bronze medal with a bas relief image of John Glenn on the obverse and his Atlas-Mercury rocket on the reverse, produced by the Medal of the Month Club, 1962. 1682 Aluminum medal with an image of John Glenn on the obverse and his Atlas-Mercury rocket on the reverse, circa 1962. 1683 Bronze medallion for the American Rocket Society with "Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr. - 1962" inscribed on the reverse. 1685 "The Eagle Has Landed" medal commemorating the Apollo 11 landing on the moon made from "…metal from spacecrafts Columbia and Eagle…," no date, circa 1969. 1686 medal commemorating the "Columbus, Ohio, Sesquicentennial - 1812-1962," presented to John Glenn after his Friendship 7 spaceflight in 1962. 1687 Bronze medallion commemorating the final connection in the digging of the Mont Blanc tunnel between France and Italy in 1962, presented to John Glenn during his NASA goodwill trip to Europe in 1965. 1688 Bronze medallion commemorating the opening of the Mont Blanc tunnel between France and Italy on June 16, 1965, presented to John Glenn during his NASA goodwill trip to Europe in 1965. 1689 Bronze medallion featuring a bas relief image of a young girl looking at the stars on the obverse and "Inter Aera Caritas - IPSA - 1934-1964" (International Red Cross) on the reverse, presented to John Glenn during his NASA goodwill trip to Europe in 1965.

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NASA 1690 168 01-7-06- Brass medallion for the City of Lucerne, Switzerland, 25-08-5-1 presented to John Glenn during his NASA goodwill trip to Europe in 1965. 1691 Bronze medallion commemorating the "Ohio Sesquicentennial - 1803-1953," presented to John Glenn after his Friendship 7 spaceflight in 1962. 1696 Silver medal commemorating NASA's Skylab mission of November 16, 1973 to February 8, 1974. 1708 165 01-8-32- Round acrylic block containing a 1.5 inch brass medal 19-04-0-1 with an image of John Glenn and President John F. Kennedy and "A Giant Step Into Space" on the obverse and "The Legacy of John F. Kennedy" on the reverse, no date, circa 1964. 1710 Dress miniature version of NASA's Distinguished Service Award presented to John Glenn by President John F. Kennedy after his Friendship 7 spaceflight in 1962 1738 166 01-8-32- Bronze medallion commemorating General George S. 19-05-0-1 Patton, Jr., inscribed "Remembrance Day - Ettelbruck" (Luxembourg) on the reverse, presented to John Glenn during his NASA goodwill trip to Europe in 1965. 1742 Hand-crafted Friendship 7 medal, on a cloth cord, sent to John Glenn by Anna Maria Varley of Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1960s. 1753 City of New York with "Awarded to Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr. - astronaut - March 1, 1962" inscribed on the reverse. 1760 George Washington Medal presented to John Glenn by the Freedom Foundation at , 1964. 1763 Order of Merit Cross awarded to John Glenn by Italian Premier Aldo Moro during Glenn's NASA goodwill trip to Europe, October 16, 1965. 1765 Pioneer of the Wind-Rose, Order of the Diamond Medal, on a silver chain, presented to John Glenn by the International Committee of Aerospace Activities in Bonn, Germany during his NASA goodwill trip to Europe in 1965. 1745 168 01-7-06- Bronze medallion commemorating the swearing-in of 25-08-5-1 Lyndon B. Johnson as president of the United States, November 22, 1963.

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NASA 1889 175 01-8-36- NASA Distinguished Service Medal presented to John 15-05-0-1 Glenn by President John F. Kennedy during ceremonies at Cape Canaveral, Florida following the Friendship 7 spaceflight, February 23, 1962. 1900 Aluminum medallion commemorating the Friendship 7 spaceflight in 1962 and the Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-95 in 1998. 1902 Bronze medallion, on a blue ribbon, presented to John Glenn for his induction into the U.S. Astronauts Hall of Fame, May 11, 1990. 1903 Enameled bronze medallion, in case, commemorating NASA's , no date. Post-Senate 1515 97 01-7-06- Bronze medallion commemorating the dedication 25-04-5-2 ceremony of the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, December 11, 2003. 1625 Set of 12 military "award coins" presented to John Glenn during the USO Holiday Tour, December 2000. 1585 159 01-8-36- Bronze Ohio State University medallion in a wood case 14-05-0-1 with a plate inscribed "Presented with gratitude to John Glenn, Commencement Speaker, June 14, 2009." 1706 168 01-7-06- Bronze medallion featuring profiles of presidents 25-08-5-1 William J. Clinton, William McKinley, and on the obverse and "America's Millennium - 2000" on the reverse. 1788 Brass medal commemorating the "Centennial of Flight - 1903-2003" produced by the Dayton (Ohio) Daily News, 2003. 1789 Bronze medal commemorating "Inventing Flight - The Centennial Celebration - Dayton 2003" produced by the National Aviation Hall of Fame, 2003. 1880 Bronze medallion featuring a bas relief image of President Lyndon B. Johnson, presented to John Glenn during the "Evening with John Glenn" event at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library in Austin, Texas, October 30, 2012. 1901 175 01-8-36- Bronze medal, on a green ribbon, inscribed 15-05-0-1 "Circumnavigators Club - Order of Magellan," presented to John Glenn "in recognition of your lifetime contributions to the exploration of space…," November 2, 2001.

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Post-Senate 1904 175 01-8-36- Enameled brass J.J.J. Gourgas Medal on a purple ribbon, 15-05-0-1 in a wooden case, awarded to John Glenn "For Notably Distinguished Service" by the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, 1999. Senate 54 10 01-7-25- Cushite Medal of Honor from the Ohio Wing of the Civil 13-04-0-1 Air Patrol, presented to John Glenn on February 27, 1996. 60 Medal commemorating the 50th anniversary of World War II, presented to John Glenn by Discovery Communications, Inc., 1994. 142 17 01-8-27- Framed pair (showing the front and back) of the official 16-07-0-1 U.S. Bicentennial Medallion, 1976. 164 19 01-8-26- Bronze bicentennial medallion, in case, from 10-04-0-1 Georgetown University, 1989. 251 29 01-8-36- Medal with ribbon presented to John Glenn by the 15-08-0-1 Selective Service System, no date, circa 1980s. 653 69 01-7-22- Medallion, on a red, white and blue ribbon, engraved 21-06-0-1 "Main Street Celebrating Dayton's Heritage,” November 2, 1992. 757 97 01-7-06- Silver medallion commemorating the "Great American 25-04-5-2 Glass Industry, 1984." 1058 Bronze medallion engraved "U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY, 1998.” 1071 Brass Bicentennial medallion engraved "Spirit of '76 - 1776-1976." 1072 “Official Ohio Bicentennial Medallion,” first issue with "New Frontiers" engraving, 1976. 1073 “Official Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Medallion,” third issue with “New Horizons” engraving, 1976. 1074 Brass medallion engraved "20 Years of Progress: Appalachian Regional Commission, 1965-1985." 1075 Bronze medallion featuring the Columbus, Ohio skyline, 1989. 1076 Bronze medallion featuring a bust of William Jefferson Clinton, from the presidential inaugural, January 1993. 1078 Bronze medallion commemorating the “Air Force Institute of Technology, 75th Anniversary, 1919-1994.”

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Senate 1079 97 01-7-06- Bronze medallion engraved “Defense Supply Center, 25-04-5-2 DSCC Operations Center, Columbus, March 1996.” 1080 Bronze medallion engraved “George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, 1998.” 1081 Brass medallion engraved "The Old Guard of the Army, 3rd U.S. Infantry" on front and "Sen. Glenn" on verso, no date, circa 1990s. 1083 Enameled brass medallion engraved “U.S. Army, Criminal Investigation Command,” no date, circa 1980s. 1084 Silver medallion sent to John Glenn by the “International Shrine of the Birdmen, Mission Inn, California,” no date, circa 1970s. 1440 Brass medallion commemorating Oliver H. Perry's victory at the Battle of Lake Erie on September 10, 1813, no date, circa 1988. 1581 Bronze medallion with a wood base commemorating the "M1A1 AIM (Abrams Integrated Management) Acceptance Ceremony - 5 December 1996." 1582 Bronze medallion for the aircraft carrier U.S.S. John F. Kennedy - CV-67, presented to John Glenn during a visit to the ship in 1987. 1242 130 01-7-31- Acrylic block containing a brass medallion engraved 16-08-0-1 "U.S. Navy Recruiting - Area Four" with brass plate on block inscribed "Presented to Senator John Glenn - March 22, 1986." (from Glenn's Senate office) 1670 165 01-8-32- Silver "Official Bicentennial Day Commemoration 19-04-0-1 Medal" in case with the printed "Official Bicentennial Declaration of the People of the U.S.A.," 1976. 1698 168 01-7-06- Bronze medallion commemorating the dedication of the 25-08-5-1 "Expanded Terminal Facilities - Greater Cincinnati Airport - Sept. 15, 1974." 1699 Brass medal, with chain, commemorating the inauguration of Ricardo J. Bordallo as governor of Guam, January 6, 1975. 1700 Bronze "Lindbergh Memorial Fund Committee Medallion" commemorating the 50th anniversary of Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight, 1977. 1701 Bronze "City of Houston, Texas" medallion with "Kathryn J. Whitmore - Mayor" inscribed on the reverse, circa 1980s.

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Senate 1702 168 01-7-06- Bronze "The New York Stock Exchange" medallion, 25-08-5-1 circa 1981. 1703 Bronze Indian head medallion presented to John Glenn by Waite High School in Toledo, Ohio, May 23, 1986. 1704 Copper medal commemorating the inauguration of President William J. Clinton, January 20, 1993. 1705 Pewter "Iron Eyes Cody Peace Medal," 1984. 1732 165 01-8-32- Silver United Nations peace medal, with chain, dated 19-04-0-1 1974. 1739 166 01-8-32- Pewter medallion from France commemorating the U.S. 19-05-0-1 Bicentennial, featuring four founding fathers on the obverse and four notable Frenchmen important to U.S. independence on the obverse, 1976. 1741 Round acrylic block containing a Special Olympics medallion and wording "With Many Thanks - - Edward M. Kennedy," circa 1980s. 1898 175 01-8-36- Distinguished Public Service Medal awarded to John 15-05-0-1 Glenn by the U.S. Department of the Navy, December 8, 1998.

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