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Topic: Large (8") AB Emblem shuttle patches
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benguttery Member Posts: 547 From: Fort Worth, TX, USA Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 04-27-2007 02:10 PM
I've noticed AB Emblem produces a large (about 8 inch) version of space shuttle mission and expedition patches. Does anyone know why these are made? Who are they are for? How many are made? |
Bill Hunt Member Posts: 399 From: Irvine, CA Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 04-27-2007 02:11 PM
I'm sure some people enjoy the larger versions. More practically, I imagine there are NASA technicians who wear them on the backs of lab coats and such. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42984 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-27-2007 03:51 PM
Montage patches aside, which were created with collectors and enthusiasts in mind, the large format mission patches began (to my knowledge) with STS-114. |
OV-105 Member Posts: 816 From: Ridgecrest, CA Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 04-27-2007 08:03 PM
I know there are 8 inch patches for the following flights: STS 51-L, STS-26, STS-27, STS-28, STS-29, STS-30, STS-31, STS-33, STS-34, STS-95, STS-114, STS-121. |
spaced out Member Posts: 3110 From: Paris, France Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 06-25-2012 05:03 PM
I can confirm that oversize patches exist (see this thread) for STS-51L, STS-26 and STS-28. I'm not sure when these were made however. |
astroborg Member Posts: 200 From: Woodbridge, VA, USA Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 06-25-2012 05:33 PM
I have a 8 inch 51-L that I got back around the time of the flight, and a 6x5 inch 61C. I can't remember where I purchased them, however. |
spaced out Member Posts: 3110 From: Paris, France Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 06-26-2012 12:52 AM
It'd be nice to see what the back of the 51L patch looks like. |
Kevin T. Randall Member Posts: 1082 From: Chesham, Bucks UK Registered: Dec 2008
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posted 06-27-2012 04:54 AM
I can add a few more to OV-105 list as I have examples of the following large oversize Shuttle and ISS mission patches manufactured by AB Emblem. (Not all are 8" though, but all are oversize from the normal mission size patch).STS-61C, STS-49, STS-50, STS-107 (Memorial), STS-116, STS-117, STS-118 (Anderson), and STS-118 (Drew). ISS-12, and ISS-13 (Reiter). |