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Two displays featuring relics recovered from the Liberty Bell 7:
Flown screw from Gus Grissom's Mercury-Redstone 4 spacecraft, the Liberty Bell 7, recovered from the Atlantic Ocean on July 20, 1999. The screw measures approximately .5˝ in length and is presented inside a 5.25˝ x 4.25˝ x 1.75˝ Lucite display with an image of the spacecraft, as well as printed information about the recovery, which reads, in part: “This Liberty Bell 7 component was removed during an extensive restoration conducted on the spacecraft by the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson, Kansas. The item could not be reinstalled in the spacecraft because of the corroded condition of the component to which it was originally attached.”
Flown original piece of film from Gus Grissom’s Liberty Bell 7 Mercury spacecraft, issued as a limited edition in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the flight, numbered 64/1000. The piece measures approximately 1.5˝ x .5˝ and is presented inside an 8.25˝ x 3˝ x 1.75˝ Lucite display with an image of Grissom, the spacecraft, and printed information about the pilot observation camera.
In overall fine condition.
