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Topic: Advice on buying and sources for ESA patches
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RitterJack
New Member Posts: 3
From: France
Registered: Jan 2025
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posted 01-24-2025 10:17 AM
   
I'm French and I would like to start a new collection, at first focusing only on ESA related patches. For now I bought everything from these websites: I also buy from ESA shop.Do you know others manufacturers I could buy directly? Or retailers websites? If possible based in Europe. If you have any advices for a beginner like me, please do not hesitate. Thanks in advance — Julien |
JohnSpaceUK
Member Posts: 63
From: UK
Registered: Jan 2016
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posted 01-26-2025 04:34 AM
Interested in this too. I've been collecting ESA patches for a while after seeing them all displayed at Cité de l'Espace in Toulouse.
I'm actually trying to find out the supplier for their flightsuit name patches too. Specifically the version with ESA inside the wings.Also, the country flags on the arm. Dimensions for these flags and supplier to ESA. |
RitterJack
New Member Posts: 3
From: France
Registered: Jan 2025
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posted 01-27-2025 03:54 AM
I actually live in Toulouse, i perfectly know this museum  |
Doki
Member Posts: 25
From: Paris - France
Registered: Feb 2016
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posted 01-27-2025 08:33 AM
I am also very interested if you have other suppliers. A few years ago, there was this website, Stewart Aviation, which produced certain ESA patch references and sold nametags with US wings. |
Jupiter24
New Member Posts: 9
From: Germany
Registered: Mar 2024
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posted 01-27-2025 09:33 AM
You can take a look at the following store: Raumfahrt-Shop. They have been on the market for more than 30 years and sell a good quality. The US patches seem to come from AB. |
JohnSpaceUK
Member Posts: 63
From: UK
Registered: Jan 2016
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posted 01-27-2025 11:37 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Doki:
A few years ago, there was this website, Stewart Aviation...
Yeah, Stewart retired the business a few years ago. I hoovered up most of the UK related patches they had and donated them to the space centre in Leicester. Ten years ago I reached out to them to recreate me a Tim Peake Army Air Core name patch, and they responded that they made them for Tim, so just supplied me the same. I have found an equivalent UK suppler — Terrane Limited — but I haven't used them yet. I still haven't found out the supplier to ESA for their name tags. I could reach out to peop;e I know, but I don't want to use up all my goodwill with such trivial questions. |
Doki
Member Posts: 25
From: Paris - France
Registered: Feb 2016
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posted 01-28-2025 03:22 AM
I’d be very keen to get any information about the supplier for the patch with the European wings. Also, if anyone has references for the shoulder flag patches on astronaut jackets, I’d be thrilled to have those as well. These are the two patches I’m missing to complete my replica of a European astronaut jacket. |
MajTom7
Member Posts: 170
From: Cocoa, FL USA
Registered: Aug 2011
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posted 01-31-2025 03:10 PM
I just ordered two name badges from Terrane. Orders from outside the UK have to be done via email. Current production lead time is 4-6 weeks. Ordering was easy enough, I just printed out a PDF of my cart and added notes. They invoiced me and I paid via Sage Pay. I'll post once I get the tracking number. |
Doki
Member Posts: 25
From: Paris - France
Registered: Feb 2016
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posted 02-03-2025 03:20 AM
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Originally posted by MajTom7:
I just ordered two name badges from Terrane.
With European astronaut wings?
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MajTom7
Member Posts: 170
From: Cocoa, FL USA
Registered: Aug 2011
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posted 02-03-2025 06:53 AM
ESA wings? I did not see that as an option. Maybe they do them, just fail to list them. Ask them and see. |
JohnSpaceUK
Member Posts: 63
From: UK
Registered: Jan 2016
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posted 02-06-2025 03:47 PM
Thought I'd post this here for the cS community to take a look. ESA wings name tag on eBay.I'll do some comparisons myself, but potentially a source. Immediate thoughts are that it doesn't look quite right somehow.  |
Doki
Member Posts: 25
From: Paris - France
Registered: Feb 2016
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posted 02-07-2025 04:40 AM
Indeed, I have already seen this listing, but it seems to have poor finishing, and the base fabric doesn’t seem to match the real one at all. The one on eBay has some kind of lines, whereas the original has more of a "dot" pattern. I'm not sure if I'm making sense...Otherwise, I’ve started reaching out to different manufacturers who could be the official suppliers to try to find the right one. I'm really looking for the producer of the name tag and the flag patch on the shoulder |
MajTom7
Member Posts: 170
From: Cocoa, FL USA
Registered: Aug 2011
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posted 02-07-2025 06:57 AM
The border is not merrowed and the name badge is mostly twill instead of fully embroidered. The font for the name seems wrong, too. |
JohnSpaceUK
Member Posts: 63
From: UK
Registered: Jan 2016
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posted 02-07-2025 01:36 PM
If someone could come up with the artwork, I could get my embroider to have a go at making some up. She has done some logo designs directly onto polo shirts for me before, so might be worth a try if I can find some suitable fabric. |
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