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Apollo 7 Flown Beta Cloth Mission Insignia Originally from the Personal Collection of Mission Lunar Module Pilot Walt Cunningh...
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Ex. Walt Cunningham
Apollo 7 Flown Beta Cloth Mission Insignia Originally from the
Personal Collection of Mission Lunar Module Pilot Walt Cunningham,
Signed and Certified, with His Signed Certificate of
Authenticity. This 9" square swatch features a color printed
mission insignia, 3.75" x 3" in size, depicting a command service
module, engine firing with the trail from that fire encircling a
globe and extending out, symbolizing the Earth-orbital nature of
the mission. The Roman numeral "VII" appears in the South Pacific
Ocean and the crew's surnames appear on a wide arc at the bottom.
It is signed beneath in black in: "This Beta emblem flew with me
on Apollo 7, October 11-22, 1968./ Walt Cunningham/ Apollo 7".
Excellent.Included with this lot is a signed COA on Cunningham's letterhead: "This beta cloth emblem is from my personal collection of memorabilia from my Astronaut career. The original concept for our Apollo 7 mission patch was to depict a rocket rising from a ball of flame and to call it the Phoenix-Apollo rising from the ashes of the disastrous Apollo 1 fire. When NASA would not approve such a grim reminder of a critical failure, I sat down and sketched the version that NASA finally accepted. This design emphasized the earth orbital nature of the first manned Apollo mission. The circle represents the earth; the ellipse, the shape of all earth orbital paths. The ellipse was placed at an angle for aesthetic reasons but it has become a fairly reliable indicator of original patch design. This beta cloth patch flew 4,500,000 miles on the first manned Apollo mission, October 11-22, 1968. [signed] Walter Cunningham". From the Family Collection of Jacques Bracke.
Auction Info
2024 December 6 - 7 Space Exploration Signature® Auction #6304 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
December, 2024
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