Lot #60 Gemini: Ben Hohmann's Personal Office Items: Two-Sided, Suspension Hallway Sign, Gemini Program Awards and Striking Pen Box

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Gemini: Ben Hohmann's Personal Office Items: Two-Sided, Suspension Hallway Sign, Gemini Program Awards and Striking Pen Box. A fantastic piece of NASA history can be enjoyed with this simple Formica signage identifying

Gemini Launch Vehicle
Program Office

a hallway suspension sign for the office of Ben Hohmann. Lot also includes John J. Montgomery Award to Hohmann For His Role in the Mercury Projected Presented by National Society Aerospace Professionals (some oxidation.) An unusual plaque is from TWA flying over 100,000 miles (some discretely back to Germany) which given this award was presented in 1958, is quite an achievement given the time. Also a Project Gemini glass dish with Hohmann's initials on plaque with mission and project objectives printed on verso. A fine looking pin box with a cast oxidized bronze relief of the lunar surface and two Gemini Program Italian marble paperweights. Estimated Value $600 - 1,200
From the Estate of Bernard "Ben" Hohmann, WWII Luftwaffe German Test Pilot and Jet Engine Designer, Operation Paperclip, Decades Long Air Force and NASA Consultant.

Categories: Aerospace