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Topic: STS-51L crew-issued, flown mission patches
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Liembo
Member Posts: 777
From: Bothell, WA
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 10-13-2015 04:37 PM
   
Two more hybrid white tabs have surfaced. These came from the estate of a US Army Sergeant Major.  |
Liembo
Member Posts: 777
From: Bothell, WA
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 06-02-2016 04:27 PM
Hybrids 15 and 16 (if the count is still accurate):A repaired (by A-B) hybrid via eBay Buy It Now by someone in March 2016:  And another hybrid via eBay Buy It Now in June 2016:  
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spaced out
Member Posts: 3177
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 12-19-2016 06:16 AM
Looks like a full white-on-white version sold on eBay (232178875317) yesterday with a buy-it-now of $10.99. |
Liembo
Member Posts: 777
From: Bothell, WA
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 12-19-2016 11:39 AM
This is a slightly more recent version of the STS-51L patch. The tell-tale is the lack of a gray line under the yellow trail of the space shuttle. I have a feeling that under different light, the edge will be light gray. The back will look something like this:  |
spaced out
Member Posts: 3177
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 12-19-2016 12:35 PM
I think you're probably right Liem. |
usafspace
Member Posts: 181
From: Los Angeles, CA USA
Registered: May 2006
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posted 02-16-2017 09:53 AM
How much are these going for now? I have found a bunch of them, four white tabs and five gray tabs. |
Liembo
Member Posts: 777
From: Bothell, WA
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 02-16-2017 01:13 PM
Crewpatches.com STS-51L patch page has been tracking sales and prices of these hybrids on the open market. |
jefespace
Member Posts: 29
From: San Diego, CA, USA
Registered: Jun 2010
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posted 01-30-2022 05:05 PM
For those who aren't necessarily up on the history of the STS-51L patch, authentic flown or very early retail available patches have always been about the backing cloth - both for the body and the sewn on tab. Either white (body)/white (tab) or gray (body)/white (tab) — less scarce, but still quite rare compared to gray/gray. Here is a patch though on a presentation meant for President Reagan, with the patch stated as recovered from the shuttle, which is clearly gray/gray. Anyone's thoughts on this? Editor's note: Threads merged. |
Liembo
Member Posts: 777
From: Bothell, WA
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 01-30-2022 05:59 PM
Hundreds of patches are usually carried on board for presentation purposes, so it's safe to assume that patches from various runs were a part of that lot. There are several of these flown-patch presentations with white/white but most appear to be gray/gray. I've seen white/white on their flight suits as well. The gray/white combo seems to be spread out among both crew/NASA and souvenir packaging. As time goes on the origin of the gray/white versions is getting muddier and muddier, but I've never seen a white/white in the wild. |
thisismills
Member Posts: 467
From: Michigan
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 01-31-2022 09:20 AM
Here is a composite of a few other presentations that I've seen from the mission. Of the eight patches shown here, it appears that two are white/white (NASM, Jarvis), the other six are gray/gray. |
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