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Cloth back

Cape Kennedy Medals, cloth back

Eagle One Aerospace produced an exclusive set of Project Mercury crew patches in the early 90's. 5 sets were produced and mounted on a poster, another 25-50 were produced as an unmounted set. Each patch has the hallmark initials of their respective crewman. They faithfully render the capsule artwork and are often considered to be the proper mercury crew patch as opposed to the common, later souvenir patches from A-B Emblem and others. 

This Apollo 1 patch is part of a set of modern reproduction Apollo patches produced by Cape Kennedy Medals. 

This is one of two different versions of the Apollo 1 Cape Kennedy Medals patch produced around this time. This version has a shaded LM/CM and the moon is in gray rather than blue and yellow.

This Apollo 1 patch is part of a set of modern reproduction Apollo patches produced by Cape Kennedy Medals. 

This is one of two different versions produced around the same time for Cape Kennedy Medals.

Modern production of the classic 3" Apollo 1 patch.

Swissartex's version of the Apollo 1 3" souvenir patch is a fairly accurate reproduction of the 4" version. It still uses the interval stitching between the names. 

This version is the official crew version by Stylized Emblem Co.

Identified in a complete set of Apollo project patches that containe a mix of A-B, "Grumman" and other patches. The stitching of the yellow inner ring is quite distinct with edge stitching on the sections between each name.

3 1/2" in diameter with a vacuum sealed back which indicates a modern origin.

Thank you, Sam, for the information.

This variation can be recognized by the missing red line on the white part of the capsule. The diagonal stitching is also distinct.

Collected as a set with other 3" Mercury and Gemini patches. This set of patches, while at first glance appear to be regular A-B Emblem 3" souvenir versions, actually have some distinct oddities that set them apart. They all have cheesecloth backs.

collected as a set with other 3" Mercury and Gemini patches. This set of patches, while at first glance appear to be regular A-B Emblem 3" souvenir versions, actually have some distinct oddities that set them apart. They all have cheesecloth backs.

The gold thread overlaps the "M" in this version.

This patch is a member of a set of Apollo patches that, while closely resemble A-B Emblem's 3" set, have several identifiable differences that set them apart. 
 

The yellow border is a Lion Brothers variation of the typical black-bordered version.

This is an unofficial patch for the un-patched flight of Gus Grissom and John Young.
Eagle One Aerospace reprodution.

A-B Emblem version 4"