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Topic: Ideas for why this space patch was made?
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Liembo
Member Posts: 583
From: Bothell, WA
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 03-27-2015 01:11 PM
   
The patch clearly depicts an Apollo mission from launch to lunar landing to parachute reentry, however I can't think of what the "3-8-5" represent. I am not sure that the 8 is for Apollo 8 as it depicts a lunar landing. It's a very old patch, pre 1980 based on the embroidery and construction used. Any ideas?  
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p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 03-27-2015 02:06 PM
35th anniversary of Apollo 8 is my first instinct... |
Liembo
Member Posts: 583
From: Bothell, WA
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 03-27-2015 02:49 PM
The construction is much more primitive than what you would expect for a patch made in 2003, though. |
JBoe
Member Posts: 959
From: Churchton, MD
Registered: Oct 2012
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posted 03-27-2015 03:52 PM
I'm no expert, but thought I would throw some ideas out there. Is the "35" relevant to any Navy units, commands, etc? The style, to me, looks like some of the Vietnam-era squadron, ship, aircraft, etc., patches that I've seen. |
p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 03-27-2015 07:24 PM
I could find no Navy ship nor aircraft squadron (either helicopter or fixed wing) designation of 35 that had anything to do with the Apollo 8 mission at all.
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Originally posted by Liembo:
The construction is much more primitive than what you would expect for a patch made in 2003, though.
I have a patch that was made 6 months ago that looks a lot like how this one was made. It all depends on who made the thing. |
OV-105
Member Posts: 816
From: Ridgecrest, CA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 03-27-2015 07:35 PM
Did 385 come up as anything to do with any of of the Apollo flights? |
Liembo
Member Posts: 583
From: Bothell, WA
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 03-28-2015 01:25 AM
If you have a patch made 6 months ago that uses this style of embroidery, I'd be really interested in knowing where you acquired it. That would allow me to produce that STS-61E and Black Cat replica as near perfect as possible (using old Swiss Schiffli machines) instead of modern multi-head machines. As far as I know (and believe me, I've been searching) there aren't any left in the USA. There might be one tucked away in India or China, but I'm not having luck finding them...It's not so much the machine, but programming the paper tape that guides them. |
dcfowler1
Member Posts: 77
From: Eugene, OR
Registered: May 2006
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posted 03-28-2015 02:10 AM
Don't know what it is, but triangular patches are used for Navy aviation wings and groups. |
DougS
Member Posts: 63
From: Marion, Iowa
Registered: Jun 2013
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posted 03-30-2015 12:26 PM
I'm wondering if it was for a tracking or recovery ship?The only Navy ship I can find with 385 is the USS Bang (SS-385) but she wasn't part of the Apollo program. And the patch seems to show the Apollo CM landing in the Atlantic. As far as I know, Apollo 7 and 9 were the only ones to land in the Atlantic. |
Glint
Member Posts: 1040
From: New Windsor, Maryland USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 03-30-2015 03:27 PM
quote:
Originally posted by DougS:
And the patch seems to show the Apollo CM landing in the Atlantic. As far as I know, Apollo 7 and 9 were the only ones to land in the Atlantic.
And also shows the LM landing in Mare Crisium which, as far as I know, never happened.  |
Liembo
Member Posts: 583
From: Bothell, WA
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 03-31-2015 02:41 PM
The fine folks of the Facebook group "Scout Patch Collectors" have narrowed it down to being a neckerchief patch from two possible BSA Troops in Florida! Troop 385 of Indialantic and Troop 35 of Jacksonville. Indialantic is very close to KSC so that's probably the origin. Thank you all for your awesome suggestions. |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 968
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 04-01-2015 07:57 AM
If one of those blue stars had been a fleur-de-lis it would probably be a Boy Scouts patch. But no "BSA" lettering nor mention of any group event makes it highly unlikely that this novelty patch had anything to do with Scouting. |
onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1310
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 04-01-2015 09:10 AM
For what it's worth (and being a former Scout), the BSA symbol or words don't necessarily have to be on a Troop patch. Any combination of words, numbers or designs will do. If you google 'Boy Scout troop patches,' you get a lot of variations. So it would not be surprising that this patch belongs to a Fla. troop. |
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