Jerry Carr's flown sterling silver Apollo 10 Robbins medallion, measuring approximately 1.25˝ x 1.25˝, featuring a raised design of the shield-shaped mission insignia on the face—a Roman numeral "X" towering over the lunar surface, with the CM and LM on orbit, with the crew's surnames in the border: "Stafford, Young, Cernan." The reverse is engraved with the mission dates, "May 18–26, 1969," and serial number, "224." Stamped below with the Robbins "Sterling" hallmark. Encapsulated and graded by NGC as "MS 62," with the label noting the provenance, "Ex. Gerald P. Carr." Accompanied by a letter of provenance from Carr, in part: "This Robbins medallion, number 224 of 300 flown medallions, was carried aboard the Apollo X mission by its crew Commander Tom Stafford, Command Module Pilot John Young, and Lunar Module Pilot Gene Cernan. It was made available to me by the crew and has been the property of the Carr family collection ever since."
One of 300 Robbins medallions flown to the moon on Apollo 10, this has the unique distinction of being part of a Guinness World Record—on its return from the moon, Apollo 10 set the record for the highest speed attained by a manned vehicle: 24,791 mph (39,897 km/h) or Mach 36! Selected as an astronaut in 1966, Jerry Carr served as a member of the astronaut support crews and as CAPCOM for the Apollo 8 and Apollo 12 flights; he was also involved in the development and testing of the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Carr would finally fly as commander of Skylab 4 (the third and final crewed visit to the Skylab Orbital Workshop) launched November 16, 1973, with splashdown on February 8, 1974.
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