273519980295: Soyuz 8 mission patch - collectSPACE: Messages

Space News
space history and artifacts articles

Messages
space history discussion forums

Sightings
worldwide astronaut appearances

Resources
selected space history documents

collectSPACE: Messages

Opinions & Advice

273519980295: Soyuz 8 mission patch

profile | register | preferences | faq | search

next newest topic | next oldest topic

Author	Topic: 273519980295: Soyuz 8 mission patch
Interkomos Member Posts: 19 From: Moscou Registered: Oct 2018	posted 11-01-2018 02:08 AM Does anyone know the story of this fake patch of Soyuz 8? Errors: 1969 became 1976. Soyuz became Snyuz. The acronym CCCP has become JWSM? The manufacture is old is consistent with the year 1976. Is this a fabrication in the euphoria of Appolo-Soyuz? Thank you to all who answer.
hoorenz Member Posts: 1031 From: The Netherlands Registered: Jan 2003	posted 11-01-2018 07:53 AM The original patch was Vadim Molchanov's design, a "retrospective" patch made in the early 1990s together with Stewart Aviation in England, as part of a larger series of "souvenir" designs. This looks like a bad copy of the Stewart Aviation patch, where the manufacturer copied the shapes of the letters instead of actually reading (and understanding!) the text and use a font for it. We see this more often in patches that were not copied from the original artwork, but from another embroidered patch. Although the embroidery might appear as a 1970s original, it can never be, because Molchanov's design is from the early 90s.
Interkomos Member Posts: 19 From: Moscou Registered: Oct 2018	posted 11-01-2018 11:05 AM Thanks for your answers. I think it's as important for a collector to know the history of fake as genuine patches.
Liembo Member Posts: 583 From: Bothell, WA Registered: Jan 2013	posted 11-01-2018 02:47 PM If you look at the seller's other recent auctions from the same time you can see they had a few other patches listed that mimic other NASA patches. They're probably removed from a jacket or shirt from a commercially produced product, similar to the stylized NASA patches that have altered labelling found on replica flight jackets for kids or costume space suits. The "United States of Denim" is pretty good tell.
Interkomos Member Posts: 19 From: Moscou Registered: Oct 2018	posted 11-03-2018 03:32 AM Well done. Indeed, the last patch "United States of denim" was the key. Thanks for the lesson.

All times are CT (US)	next newest topic \| next oldest topic
Administrative Options: Close Topic \| Archive/Move \| Delete Topic
	Hop to:

Contact Us | The Source for Space History & Artifacts

Ultimate Bulletin Board 5.47a