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Topic: Apollo 10 patch variants and versions
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Member Posts: 3185
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 03-13-2007 04:58 AM
   
I noticed an unusual Apollo 10 flown patch from Thomas Stafford's collection. It's not the Grumman "crew" patch, but it also doesn't really seem to match the regular AB Emblem patch.Does anyone recognise this style patch, or know who made it?  It would be nice to see which patch they were wearing on the flight suits on the recovery ship but I can't seem to find high-res pictures of the crew post-flight. Maybe it was even this design that was worn? |
Bill Hunt
Member Posts: 404
From: Irvine, CA
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 03-13-2007 04:54 PM
I have a couple versions of this patch (one with light gray astronaut names and one with darker gray names), and I always assumed that they were "vintage" AB Emblem. If that's not the case I also would be interested in who did make them. |
Go4Launch
Member Posts: 562
From: Seminole, Fla.
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 03-13-2007 09:10 PM
This is an example of the patch the crewmen wore on USS Princeton on their jumpsuits.It looks a little different here, however, because the image has been slightly stretched vertically for some reason. I have no idea who did manufacture it, but I do know that it wasn't made by either AB or Lion Bros. The distinguishing characteristic is the slightly tilted first "O" in "APOLLO." |
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Member Posts: 3185
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 03-14-2007 02:28 AM
I guess that makes Apollo 10 the only mission with two unusual "crew" patches - the Grumman pre-flight portrait patch and this post-flight jumpsuit patch. |
KAPTEC
Member Posts: 621
From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 03-16-2007 08:12 PM
And, by the way, the only who never used a Lion Brothers patch, I think. |
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Member Posts: 3185
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 06-26-2007 03:16 AM
Well it took me three months but I finally managed to track down one of these post-flight Apollo 10 crew patches. Having been worn on the crew's post-flight jump suits this patch certainly deserves "crew" status alongside the Grumman version. |
ScottZ
Member Posts: 56
From: Crestview Florida
Registered: May 2012
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posted 08-20-2022 02:21 PM
One benefit of living next to the space center is the estate sales and antique stores that have tons of NASA items. I just picked up a couple of these Apollo 10 patches and was curious if anyone knew who the maker was. I did look on Crew Patches and think it is a post flight patch but unsure. The owner has a few of them, along with tons of paperwork on the LM and books. Any help is much appreciated.  
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J Blackburn
Member Posts: 269
From: Riner
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 08-20-2022 10:48 PM
That appears to be a "Post Flight" version you have. However, after looking at the LM, Scott, this patch resembles more of the AS10UNK1 patch listed on Crew Patches. A very nice find. |
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