Space Medals

[Tal Inbar]

Just an example of the medals currently offered on ebay

[ericlida]

I know. I paid for some of them more

[SPACECADET1983]

Eric & Tal,
I agree with Tal. The cost per medal wasn't the deal breaker. The issue was more that alot of medals were thrown into the lots that we already have - or didn't want - something that you two noted before the auction. While I would have liked to have picked up a medal or two from other lots the overall cost was just too much. I could afford only one lot, and I went with the lot that had the most medals I didn't have, which was Lot 2922. I only had one medal out of that lot.
Mike

[SPACECADET1983]

Lot 2921, 3 bids, $350.00, est. $350-$500
Lot 2875, 3 bids, $100.00, est. $250-$350
Lot 2882, 1 bid , $145.00, est. $250-$350
(Commemorative medals like the ones in Lots 2875 & 2882 and the two below typically sell for $85.00 at the RSC Energia museum's souvenir shop.)

[SPACECADET1983]

Lot 2889, 2 bids, $100.00, est. $200-$300
Lot 2931, 1 bid , $220.00, est. $350-$500 (With a starting bid of $48.00, this was certainly strange.)
Last of the May 3rd Auction Results reports!

[SPACECADET1983]

Originally Posted by ericlida

Space medal: The Laureate of the Gagarin's Reward

Eric

Eric,

Can you tell me who awarded this medal (in #206) and what's it for?

Thanks!
Mike

[ericlida]

Originally Posted by SPACECADET1983

Eric,

Can you tell me who awarded this medal (in #206) and what's it for?

Thanks!
Mike

Mike
Honestly, I tried to find more information about this award. I could not.
I know only what is the medal says: Prize Laureate behalf of Gagarin
Eric

[SPACECADET1983]

Originally Posted by ericlida

Mike
Honestly, I tried to find more information about this award. I could not.
I know only what is the medal says: Prize Laureate behalf of Gagarin
Eric

Eric,

I wrote a long letter today to Vassily Omelko, author of the Space Exploration Awards books, and asked him, among other things, about this medal.

Mike

[SPACECADET1983]

I was doing some research on the web and came across this picture of what was identified as a Gagarin Medal awarded by the Cosmonautics Federation of Russia. This particular medal was awarded to an individual in Feb. 2007, and appears to be a new medal that is not covered by Space Exploration Awards: Catalog, Volume 1, which came out in 2002. I like it!

[SPACECADET1983]

Found another person who also received this award in 2007. One medal was awarded "for the popularize of scientific and techincal results"; the other, for "accomplished work to further aerospace education and exploration." All I've got to say is, Hey, Tal, they forgot us! Where are our Gagarin Medals?