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butch wilks
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posted 04-16-2015 09:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for butch wilks   Click Here to Email butch wilks     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I've just seen this illustration on a USS Yorktown "Fighting Lady Family-Gram" from December 1968 (on eBay) as an alternative to the Apollo 8 recovery ship patch.

A good simple patch with a Christmas theme for the time of year of the mission. A pity it's in black and white, as I think it would look good in colour.

In all the time I've been saving recovery ships patches I've never seen this design as a patch or as an illustration.

kosmo
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posted 04-17-2015 08:47 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for kosmo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
A color copy.

holcombeyates
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posted 07-29-2020 12:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for holcombeyates   Click Here to Email holcombeyates     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I have just found this badge (on eBay, as above) and wondered if it is original to the time of Apollo 8 recovery in December 1968 or possibly created at a later date? Either way it's a great piece but wanted to understand more.

I am on the look for genuine Apollo 8 recovery patches, part of an article I am writing.

kosmo
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posted 07-29-2020 01:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for kosmo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This patch was created at a later date. The main part of my collecting is devoted to Apollo 8, and I do not know of an Apollo 8 recovery patch.

Liembo
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posted 07-29-2020 02:13 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Liembo   Click Here to Email Liembo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I believe the late Randy Hunt did a series of modified vessel logo patches with recovery text. Some are documented on the crewpatches.com site.

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