Anyone Help ID This Token Or Medallion 1969 Moon

I just found your query while searching for information on the moon coin. I have the same coin and can't find any reference to it on the internet. Did you get any further information?
I believe you're correct in assuming it's gold, and it was obviously minted to a high standard; the moon surface is exceptionally fine.

The problem with pieces like this is that there's very little to go on in terms of research. Without a designer's name or mintmark, we don't know where to begin, and googling the phrases that appear on the medal, which often works for other medals, simply doesn't work for this piece. As you've both no doubt noticed by googling yourselves, there are dozens of different kinds of moon medals out there, made by all sorts of private mints back in 1969, cashing in on Apollo fever.

If it's "encased in plastic", is there a name or anything stamped onto or into the plastic?

For anyone else looking I found this link

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...ve-429191455

"We have available this one gold medallion commemmorating the Apol lo 11 landing on the moon in 1969.
Celebrating the Apollo 11 crew, the portraits of the three astronauts, Micheal Collins, Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin , are shown on the obverse. The reverse is a simple moon face with no lettering.

The only markings on the plain edge is 986 declaring the fineness of 98.6 % pure gold. Actual Gold Weight is .220 of a troy ounce. Total weight o f the medallion is 7 .0 grams.

The proof struck coin is in excellent original condition with only a minor edge nick above the first 9 in 1969"

Not much more information than already known but there are some out there.

It sold for an undisclosed price in Mar 2013 via ebay but I looked for the sold listing to no avail.

If it were made in Germany, it was not intended to be sold to German collectors. The language on it is English (the German word for "Moon" is "Mond"). Most DMG medals are in German.