Collection of 294 patches, mostly souvenir, almost all neatly housed in five three-ring binders. Patches range from military unit patches, NASA patches from Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, the shuttle program, Soviet space patches, and others. Highlights include: a complete set of four Lion Brothers 3″ specialty patches (Launch Team, Mission Support, Recovery Fleet, and Bird Watcher), along with the 3.5″ mission patch; AB patches from each manned Apollo mission; AB patches from all three Skylab missions, several NASA ‘meatball’ patches of various sizes; smaller commemorative patches for the Apollo and Skylab missions; commemorative Spacelab mission patches; various NASA contractor patches; and patches for Viking, Voyager, Mars Probe, and Galileo missions. Military patches include: 868th Tactical Missile Training Squadron, 107th Fighter Group, 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, 87th Fighter Squadron, 961st AEW&C Squadron, 307 Tactical Fighter Squadron, and the 58th Tactical Fighter Squadron. In fine condition. Interested parties are encouraged to view the patches in person at our offices. A particularly large collection spanning the entire space program, as well as some very interesting military and aviation patches. RR Auction COA. From The Robert Shaw Collection.
