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Topic: Distinctively different Mercury/Gemini 3" set
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Liembo Member Posts: 583 From: Bothell, WA Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 02-22-2013 07:22 PM
I wonder if anyone can shed light on the manufacturer or origin of this set of patches.I acquired this oddball 3" collection of Mercury and Gemini souvenir 3" patches. At first glance they appear to be standard A-B issue patches, but a longer look reveals distinctly different nuances in almost all of the patches. Whether this was intentional or an oversight, I am not sure. They appear to be "period": they are cheesecloth backed, stiff and were mounted in a frame on velvet. (The "vc" tabs on the bottoms is my note that they were from the "Velvet Collection" as I nicknamed it). The velvet was unfaded under the patch indicating at least some age. Unfortunately, some glue remains on some of the items. Here are the variations I noted, and some are substantial: - Mercury 3 -
- Mercury 4 -
- Mercury 6 - Distinct double serif on 'F'
- Mercury 7 - Yellow tip of capsule
- Mercury 8 -
- Mercury 9 - Black border
- Gemini 3 - Missing midstitch on white
- Gemini 4 -
- Gemini 5 - Crude steps/cargo on wagon
- Gemini 6 - Cylindrical Agena, no mast on Agena, grey lettering
- Gemini 7 - Maroon border
- Gemini 8 - Black border
- Gemini 9 -
- Gemini 10 - Upside down flight path!
- Gemini 11 - Distinct stars, long Agena
- Gemini 12 - No vertical centerline on capsule
I have seen the maroon-borded GTA-7 patch on ebay in another lot before, the other differences I never noticed on other sets before.
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