This lot is closed. Bidding ended on 6/6/2013.
Neil Alden Armstrong was the first person to walk on the Moon. Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was an officer in the U.S. Navy and served in the Korean War. Armstrong's second and last spaceflight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon landing, in July 1969. On this mission, Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface and spent two and a half hours exploring, while Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit in the Command Module. Along with Collins and Aldrin, Armstrong was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Richard Nixon; in 1978, President Jimmy Carter presented Armstrong the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978; he and his former crewmates received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2009. ONL Coleman baseball signed on the south panel by Armstrong (deceased) in blue ink rating a 7. The ball is evenly toned throughout, EX- overall. Accompanied by a LOA from JSA as well as an additional LOA.