This is an authentic certificate from the Collins Radio Company. This certificate has a wonderful vignette of a seated allegorical male (Mercury) between two globes of the Earth. Issued, Cancelled, and dated in the 1960s. Historical info: Since its founding in 1933, Collins Radio and its products have been recognized for distinctive quality and state-of-the-art technology. Collins Radio Company, founded by Arthur Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, initially designed and produced short wave radio equipment. The company steadily grew, and captured the world's attention when Collins supplied the equipment to establish a communications link with the South Pole expedition of Rear Admiral Richard Byrd in 1933. Collins Radio Company provided communications in America's space program, including equipment for astronauts to communicate with earth stations and equipment to track and communicate with spacecraft. Collins communications equipment was used for the Apollo, Gemini and Mercury programs, providing voice communication for every American astronaut traveling through space. In 1973, the U.S. Skylab Program used Collins equipment to provide communication from the astronauts to earth. When the company
experienced financial difficulties in 1973, Rockwell International, a
diversified high-technology company, acquired Collins Radio Company. |