FLOWN Gemini XII mission patch A circular multi colored clot

Sale 2001 - Lot 55

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FLOWN Gemini XII mission patch A circular multi-colored cloth patch illustrating a Gemini spacecraft and a crescent Moon. The patch is mounted on a Typed Letter Signed by Gordon Cooper next to an 8x10 inch prime and back-up crew portrait. Both are mounted in a 20x11 inch matted metal frame. NASA/MSC, 1966

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Flown Gemini crew patches are extremely rare. Cooper's letter reads in part: "The crew patch enclosed with this letter was carried into space on the Gemini XII mission during November 11 to 15, 1966. It was presented to me by the flight crew of James Lovell and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin as a thank-you for my role as back-up commander for this flight."