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lunarrv15
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posted 07-15-2014 10:41 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for lunarrv15   Click Here to Email lunarrv15     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Is this patch color the same as the 50 AB Emblem produced or copied?

This seller is selling a second patch 331191295929 of the same. I think the color on this does not agree with AB.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 07-15-2014 10:55 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
According to SpacePatches.nl, there were no authentic Russian patches made before Lonchakov was replaced on the crew, as such any Russian patches (like these) are not authentic.

And yes, the colors are different than the official patch.

Liembo
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posted 07-15-2014 01:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Liembo   Click Here to Email Liembo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I think the biggest "tell" of the A-B version vs these clones is the embroidery of the oceans on the Earth use a linear diagonal embroidery pattern as opposed to the common modern fill pattern on the clones. The continents are also embroidered on the A-B version where it is not on the clones.

hoorenz
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posted 07-15-2014 04:40 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for hoorenz   Click Here to Email hoorenz     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It is fake. There was only one single run of 50 AB Emblem patches produced at the end of July 2013 (the stickers on the back of the patches mistakenly state that they were made in April 2013). Twenty of those were meant for the Russian onboard Kentavr-Nauka suits.

Some or all of the other 30 went to an American customer, who needed these early for a certain project. It is some of those that ended up on eBay. Not even NASA had placed their order when the crew changed in September 2013!

The only official ISS Expedition patches produced in Russia are made by TsENKI. They have not even produced Expedition-42 at this time - and when they start making Expedition-43, those will have Padalka's name.

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