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\"One-of-a-Kind\" JOHN GLENN Signed Moon Model Commemorating Glenn\'s Orbit of Earth 2/20/62
Offered is an exceptional and, likely, only one of it\'s kind, Moon model bank boldly signed by Astronaut JOHN GLENN.
This 10\" metal model was designed and labeled exclusively by and for Englewood Mutual Savings and Loan Association and circular metal is inscribed as follows:
\"Commemorating Lt. Col. JOHN H. GLENN, JR\'s Triumphant Triple Orbit of the Earth February 20, 1962\"
As pictured, Glenn has cleanly and boldly signed: \"Best Regards, John Glenn\"
This item was obtained at a private personal signing.
Renowned Space authority Steve Zarelli (Zarelli Space Authentication) has seen this item and has stated that it is \"Likely to Pass Authentication.
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space and the first to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962.[3] Following his retirement from NASA, he served from 1974 to 1999 as a U.S. senator from Ohio. In 1998, he flew into space again at the age of 77.
He received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal in 1962, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978, was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1990, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.
Glenn, both the oldest and the last surviving member of the Mercury Seven, died at the age of 95 on December 8, 2016.
