Friendship 7 Launch Crew Pin An approximately 1 inch long 10

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Friendship 7 Launch Crew Pin. An approximately 1-inch long 10k gold lapel pin in the design of a Mercury spacecraft orbiting the earth. "Friendship 7" is in the same lettering as that painted on the actual spacecraft with "Launch crew" printed on the top part of the large red "7." The actual launch date of "Feb. 20, 1962" is written along the orbital path. NASA, 1962

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Distribution of the pin was limited to "Launch Crew" members of John Glenn's historic orbital mission. It is believed that less than 100 pins were ever made.