A Commemorative Plaque of Royal Swedish Aero Club, Awarded to Valery Bykovsky in 1964.
Description: A Commemorative Plaque of Royal Swedish Aero Club. On the obverse there is a picture of an air-balloon and a vintage biplane in flight. At the bottom it says: "Kungl. Svenska Aeroklubben". On the reverse: "Valerii Bukovskij 1964", marked C.G.Hallberg. Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky (Russian, 2 August 1934 – 27 March 2019) was a USSR pilot-cosmonaut No. 5, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1963, 1976), who made three flights into space(Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, and Soyuz 31) with a total duration of 20 days 17 hours 47 minutes 21 seconds. He was the only astronaut to fly to the Vostok or Voskhod spacecraft who made 3 space flights. He was also backup for Vostok 3 and Soyuz 37.
Condition: On request Notes: THIS IS A PREMIUM LOT. CLIENTS WHO WISH TO BID ON PREMIUM LOTS ARE REQUESTED TO COMPLETE THE PREMIUM LOT PRE-REGISTRATION 3 WORKING DAYS PRIOR TO THE SALE.
Provenance: Private collection
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Description: A Commemorative Plaque of Royal Swedish Aero Club. On the obverse there is a picture of an air-balloon and a vintage biplane in flight. At the bottom it says: "Kungl. Svenska Aeroklubben". On the reverse: "Valerii Bukovskij 1964", marked C.G.Hallberg. Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky (Russian, 2 August 1934 – 27 March 2019) was a USSR pilot-cosmonaut No. 5, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1963, 1976), who made three flights into space(Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, and Soyuz 31) with a total duration of 20 days 17 hours 47 minutes 21 seconds. He was the only astronaut to fly to the Vostok or Voskhod spacecraft who made 3 space flights. He was also backup for Vostok 3 and Soyuz 37.
Condition: On request Notes: THIS IS A PREMIUM LOT. CLIENTS WHO WISH TO BID ON PREMIUM LOTS ARE REQUESTED TO COMPLETE THE PREMIUM LOT PRE-REGISTRATION 3 WORKING DAYS PRIOR TO THE SALE.
Provenance: Private collection