A vintage 4" Landsat-5 patch with a cloth backing.  This patch formerly belonged to astronaut Deke Slayton, and a certificate is included signed by his wife Bobbie attesting to that fact.  Excellent condition and a hard-to-find patch.  Landsat-5 was launched from Vandenberg in March 1984.      $95.00

A vintage 3" Landsat-D patch with a cloth backing.  This patch formerly belonged to astronaut Deke Slayton, and a certificate is included signed by his wife Bobbie attesting to that fact.  Excellent condition and a hard-to-find patch.  Landsat-D (or Landsat-4) was launched from Vandenberg in July 1982.      $95.00

A vintage 7-1/2" dameter Cape Kennedy Corvette Club patch with a cloth backing.  This definitely dates from the 1960's, and was worn as a back patch by a member for many years.  Worn condition but still quite intact and quite uncommon.    $125.00

A vintage 3" dameter Cape Kennedy Corvette Club patch with a cloth backing.  This definitely dates from the 1960's, and was worn as a pocket patch by a member for many years.  Worn condition but still in good shape and quite uncommon.    $35.00  SOLD

A vintage 7"x 14" oval Goddard Space Flight Center NASA patch with a cloth backing.  This definitely dates from the 1960's, and was worn as a back patch by a member of the Mechanical Systems Branch.  Worn condition and a bit dirty, but still intact and quite uncommon.    $145.00

A vintage 1"x 4-1/2" McDonnell pocket patch with a cloth backing.  This dates from the 1960's, and was worn as a patch over the front pocket by a McDonnell employee.  Nice condition and quite uncommon.    $75.00

A vintage 4" gray Apollo ARIA patch with a cloth backing.  ARIA stands for Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft.  Excellent condition and uncommon.    $75.00  SOLD

A vintage 4" diameter TF-140 patch for the Manned Spacecraft Recovery Force in the Atlantic Ocean.  TF-140 means Task Force 140, and was assigned to the Atlantic (TF-130 was in the Pacific for recovery operations).  Cloth backing and in nice condition.  Rare.    $195.00

A vintage 5" TF-130 patch for the Manned Spacecraft Recovery Force in the Pacific Ocean.  TF-130 means Task Force 130, and was assigned to the Pacific (TF-140 was in the Atlantic for recovery operations).  Cloth backing and in nice condition.  Rare.    $195.00  SOLD

A large, vintage 8"x 10" Chrysler Saturn-Apollo back patch.  Cloth backing.  Used condition but still nice shape.  Uncommon.    $125.00

A vintage 2½"x 4½" NASA pocket patch with a cloth backing.  Probably dates to the early to mid 1960's.  It has been washed a couple times as part of a jacket or jumpsuit and has a small tear at the top left, but overall still good shape.  Very hard to find.    $65.00

A vintage 7-3/4" diameter NASA meatball backpatch with a cloth backing.  Thick embroidery, excellent condition and quite uncommon.    $95.00

A vintage 5" diameter Intelsat V Spacecraft IntegrationTest patch with a cloth backing.  Dates from the early 1980's and in nice condition.  Very uncommon.    $45.00

A vintage 5" diameter Intelsat V Escort/Lynx 10-6-80 patch with a cloth backing.  Nice condition and very uncommon.    $45.00

A vintage 2½"x 4½" North American Rockwell patch with a cloth backing.  Nice condition.   $25.00

A vintage 3" diameter Grumman logo patch with a cloth backing.  Excellent condition and uncommon.    $75.00

A vintage 2-3/4" diameter Grumman logo patch with a cloth backing.  Excellent condition and uncommon.    $65.00

An original Apollo 7 Lion Brothers patch - excellent condition.    $20.00

An original Apollo 7 Lion Brothers patch variety, with the purple background.  Uncommon variety and in excellent condition.    $45.00

An original Apollo 8 Lion Brothers patch - excellent condition.    $20.00

An original Apollo 9 Lion Brothers patch - excellent condition.    $20.00

A vintage Apollo 10 crew patch, referred to as the "second" crew patch, of the type worn on the astronaut's post-flight jumpsuits.  Just as rare as the Grumman crew patch version.  More information about this patch can be seen at edgeofdarkness.com in the Crew Patch section.  Nice shape.    $145.00  SOLD

An original Apollo 10 Lion Brother's patch.  A little "loose", but still nice shape.    $15.00

A vintage 2"x 3" Apollo moonwalking patch of unknown origin.  Looks like a linen backing over the cloth and this one was removed from a lab coat.  Uncommon.    $25.00

A vintage 4" diameter Apollo 11 patch of unknown origins.  Cloth backing and uncommon.    $20.00

A set of four 3" diameter Apollo Pageant patches from 1971 to 1974 - all vintage and with cloth backings.  These patches were made by a Boy Scout Troop in Weatherford, OK, which happens to be Tom Stafford place of birth, and this lot includes a 1968 banner from that troop.  All in nice shape.    $25.00

A vintage 4" diameter Apollo 11 related Moonwalk Festival patch with a cloth backing.  Uncommon and nice shape.    $10.00

An original Apollo 12 Lion Brother's patch with the hidden mission number.  Excellent condition.   $20.00

An original Apollo 12 Lion Brother's patch with a hidden mission number.  Still in its original plastic packaging and in excellent condition.    $45.00

An original 4" diameter Apollo 12 Lion Brother's variation patch missing the hidden number.  There is also horizontal stitching in the wide gold border.  Very uncommon.  This patch is slightly loose, but still in fine shape.    $50.00

A vintage 5" Apollo 13 USS Iwo Jima recovery patch.  Cloth backing and in nice condition.  Rare.    $195.00

An original Apollo 13 Lion Brother's patch with the hidden mission number.  Excellent condition.   $25.00

An original Apollo 14 Lion Brother's patch with the hidden mission number.  Excellent condition.   $25.00

An original Apollo 15 Lion Brother's patch with the hidden mission number.  Excellent condition.   $20.00

A vintage 4" diameter Apollo 17 patch with a cloth backing from a so far unknown manufacturer.  Excellent condition and uncommon.    $15.00

An original Apollo 17 4" diameter patch in its original packaging from AB Emblem Corp.  Looks like a vintage cloth backing.  Excellent condition.    $15.00

An original Apollo-Soyuz Lion Brothers patch with hidden mission initials.  Excellent condition.    $25.00

An original Apollo-Soyuz Lion Brothers patch.  Excellent condition.    $25.00

A vintage 4"x 7" oval Skylab program patch with a cloth backing.  These oversize program patches are quite uncommon.  Excellent condition.    $175.00

A 9"x 9" SMEAT beta cloth patch with cut lines showing.  Near mint condition and uncommon.  SMEAT stands for Skylab Medical Experiments Altitude Test.    $145.00

A 4" diameter Skylab 1 patch with a wax backing attached to its original sales card.  Probably dates from the late 1970's.  Manufactured by Specialty Patches in Greenville, SC.  Nice shape.    $10.00

An original Skylab I (Skylab 2) Lion Brothers patch with the hidden crew initials.  Excellent condition.    $15.00

An original Skylab II (Skylab 3) Lion Brothers patch with the hidden crew initials.  Excellent condition.    $15.00

An original Skylab 3 (Skylab 4) Lion Brothers patch with the hidden crew initials.  A little more uncommon than the other two missions.  Excellent condition.    $35.00

An original 3-1/2" diameter Group 1980 Space Shuttle astronaut candidates class patch.  Nice condition and uncommon.    $175.00

A very uncommon 2½"x 3" Chix in Space patch - a Kentucky Fried Chicken experiment to be performed aboard the STS-51L Challenger.  KFC is said to have one in their corporate vault.  I believe these were given out only at the launch, and thus are very hard to find.    $60.00

An original 3-color exhaust STS-1 crew patch from Lion Brothers and with a cloth backing.  A bit loose.    $10.00

A strange STS-1 4" mission patch with a heavy webbing surrounding the emblem.  Sealed on the back and from an unknown manufacturer.  Excellent condition and rare.    $95.00

A vintage 3½" Boeing Fire Service patch with a cloth backing.  Nice shape and quite uncommon.    $30.00

A 2½"x 4" Venus Probe patch with a cloth backing.  Nice shape.    $10.00