Group of over 3,500 commemorative enamel pins/badges still in their original shipping boxes, circa 1969. Comprises: 1.) 1958 "Sputnik 3" Probe earth orbit satellite pins/badges with raised "CCCP" (count approx. 460). 2.) 1959 "Luna 2" Moon mission pins/badges with raised "CCCP" date "12-14...1959" and a Cyrillic inscription (count approx. 430). 3.) 1959 "Luna 3" Moon mission pins/badges with raised "CCCP" and date "4 - X - 1959" (count approx. 430). 4.) 1961 "Vostok" Gagarin first man in space pins/badges with impressed "Bostok 1961" inscription (count approx. 425). 5.) 1961 "Vostok" Gagarin first man in space pins/badges with impressed "CCCP," "Bostok," and date "12-IV - 1961" inscription (count approx. 470). 6.) 1962 "Vostok 3 / Vostok 4" simultaneous mission of two manned ships with raised "CCCP" and Date "VIII 1964" above two rockets, one impressed "Bostok - 3" and the other "Bostok - 4" (count approx. 880). 7.) 1962 "Vostok 3 / Vostok 4" simultaneous mission of two manned ships with raised "CCCP VIII 1962" and "Bostok 3-4" along with two rockets emerging from a hammer & sickle, one impressed "Bostok - 3" and the other "Bostok - 4" (count approx. 430)

Dimensions:
 Largest - 0.85" H x 1" W; 
 Smallest - 0.43" H x 1" W; 


Provenance: Dr. Alan York Estate

Unused near mint condition.