Aleksei Leonovs Signed ASTP Ball Cap A red white and blue ba

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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 700

Aleksei Leonov's Signed ASTP Ball Cap. A red, white, and blue baseball cap with signatures of the Cosmonauts on the white section of the cap with a 4-inch ASTP program patch on the front center. Leonov was presented this ball cap during a visit to Disney World in Florida. With a copy of an article in "Space Coast" magazine showing a photograph of Leonov wearing this cap. Topper's, 1974

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The Soviet Crews received tremendous attention from the American public while at Disney World. Leonov felt like a "carefree little boy," clowning around with Mickey Mouse and thoroughly enjoying the numerous rides at the park. The autographs on the cap are Aleksei Leonov and Valery Kubasov (Soyuz Prime Crew), and Anatoly Filipchenko, Nickolay Rukavishnikov, Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Boris Andreev, Yuriy Romanenko, Aleksander Ivanchenkov (the three Soyuz Back-up Crews), Vladimir Shatalov, and Valerii Bykovskii who flew Vostok 5 the same time Valentina Tereshkova was in orbit in Vostok 6. A gift from Leonov to Forostenko.