Flown to the Moon

Flown Apollo 8 Beta Cloth Patch

EXCLUSIVE!

This was the first mission patch flown to the moon, on the first manned lunar flight. Jim has inscribed each, "James Lovell--On board Apollo 8, 21-27 Dec, 1968. He has also individually signed the certificate of authenticity.

NASA made one of its boldest moves in sending only this second manned Apollo mission directly to the moon without a LM (unfinished at the time), in order to insure beating the Russians, whose moon rocket was on the pad at the time. This was also the first manned Saturn V launch.

The patch was Lovell's own design, which depicted the shape of the Apollo capsule, and the Figure-8 path they took to the moon and back.

• See a detail of patch
• See a detail of plaque
• See the Certificate of Authenticity individually signed by James Lovell

Size: 18 X 17 framed
$9995 SOLD

Lifetime Archivally Framed
Specially float-mounted without glue or anything attached or stuck to the patch. Acid-free mats are dusty grey-blue brushed suede, and metallic gold with two openings for the patch and brass plaque. Frame is a beefy 2" wide antique gold finish anodized aluminum. UV-blocking plexiglass.

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