A collection of commemorative medallions housed in an album titled:
De Verovering van de Hemel
Which translates from Dutch as: "Conquest of the Sky" or "Opening of the Sky".
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The collection documents the most prominent milestones in the history of aviation and space exploration. It appears to have been issued in the Netherlands under the sponsorship of Shell (Shell logo is visible on the back), and made in Germany as stated: Printed in Germany.
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Each medallion represents an important event or figure, such as:
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* Icarus and Daedalus (Greek myth).
* Leonardo da Vinci and his aviation designs.
* The Montgolfier brothers (hot air balloon) – 1783.
* The Wright brothers – First successful airplane (1903).
* Louis Blériot – Crossing the English Channel (1909).
* Charles Lindbergh – First solo transatlantic flight (1927).
* Graf Zeppelin airship.
* Sikorsky VS-300 helicopter.
* Bell X-1 rocket plane.
* Sputnik 1 satellite.
* Yuri Gagarin – First human in space.
* Alexei Leonov – First spacewalk.
* Neil Armstrong and David Scott.
* Apollo 8 crew.
* Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins – Apollo 11 Moon landing (1969)
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