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Medal, Commemorative

Object number2018.27.61 a-i

Manufacturer Graco Awards Manufacturing, Inc.

Manufacturer Arrow Manufacturing

Date1997

MediumMetal; Brass; Fabric; Leather; Paper; Plastic; Adhesive; Felt

Credit LineGift of Jay Apt

DescriptionNASA Distinguished Service Medal.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a): 3.188 × 1.625 × 0.25 in. (8.1 × 4.1 × 0.6 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (b): 2.25 × 0.813 × 0.25 in. (5.7 × 2.1 × 0.6 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (c): 0.5 × 1.5 × 0.563 in. (1.3 × 3.8 × 1.4 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (d): 0.688 × 0.688 × 0.438 in. (1.7 × 1.7 × 1.1 cm)
Diameter x Depth (e): 0.5 × 0.563 in. (1.3 × 1.4 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (f): 17.5 × 0.75 × 0.063 in. (44.5 × 1.9 × 0.2 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (g - closed): 1.063 × 4.375 × 7 in. (2.7 × 11.1 × 17.8 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (g - open): 7.375 × 4.375 × 7.375 in. (18.7 × 11.1 × 18.7 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (h): 6.625 × 4 × 0.375 in. (16.8 × 10.2 × 1 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (i): 1.938 × 3.375 × 0.563 in. (4.9 × 8.6 × 1.4 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Front of medal has engraved text around perimter of NASA emblem "DISTINGUISHED SERVICE NASA".
Reverse of medal has engraved text “JEROME APT / JUNE 17, 1997”.

(b)
Front of medal has engraved text around perimter of NASA emblem "DISTINGUISHED SERVICE NASA".

(d)
Front of lapel pin has engraved text around perimter of NASA emblem "DISTINGUISHED SERVICE NASA".

(g)
Top of case has soft gold-tone printed text in lower right corner “UNITED STATES / OF AMERICA”.
Marks(a)
Back of pin mount has inscribed inverted text “LIGI”.

(b)
Back of pin mount has inscribed inverted text “LI / GI”.

(c)
Ribbon bar has engraved text on reverse at center “L.I.G.I.".
Each clutch back fastener has engraved text “MADE IN USA”.

(g)
Interior bottom plastic liner has raised text “ARROW”.
Historical NotesNASA Distinguished Service Medal, NASA’s highest award, awarded to Jay Apt after his fourth Space Shuttle mission. The citation presented to Jay Apt at a ceremony at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C., on June 17, 1997 reads: "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Presents to Jerome Apt the NASA Distinguished Service Medal In recognition of your distinguished contributions to the Nation’s space program as a Mission Specialist aboard Atlantis during the STS-79 mission and as a Mission Specialist on STS-59, STS-47, and STS-37. Signed and sealed at Washington, D.C. this seventeenth day of June Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven s/Daniel S. Goldin/ Administrator, NASA."Label TextNASA Distinguished Service Medal, 1997 (back right) This is NASA's highest form of recognition awarded to a Government employee who, by distinguished service, ability, or vision has personally contributed to NASA's advancement of United States' interests.

Previous owner Dr. Jerome Apt III

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