Patch approximately 4 inches, mounted in silver frame, 10-3/4 x 22-1/4 inches, with two engraved plaques. Embroidered with "Apollo 65" and the last names of the astronauts "Young Mattingly Duke" under a bald eagle perched atop a red white and blue American shield with surrounded by 16 stars. Provenance: Accompanied by signed affidavit from Gene Cernan from the patch's previous sale at Novaspace Galleries. FLOWN APOLLO 16 PATCH FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF EUGENE ANDREW CERNAN. This patch was flown to the Moon aboard the Command Service Module "Casper" during the mission of Apollo 16, 16 Apri 1972 -27 Apr 1972." Apollo 16 was the second to last lunar mission flown. Astronaut Eugene Andrew Cernan, Commander of Apollo 17, was the last man to walk on the lunar surface. He would have received this patch at the "pin party" held after the Apollo 17 mission. "The "pin parties" were a rite of passage for Apollo astronauts. After every flight they would have a pin party, men only, no spouses or families, just astronauts (and maybe Deke and a few support personnel) where the crew would get their flown astronaut pins, and they would pass out flown souvenirs that the other astronauts had given them to fly."
Patch approximately 4 inches, mounted in silver frame, 10-3/4 x 22-1/4 inches, with two engraved plaques. Embroidered with "Apollo 65" and the last names of the astronauts "Young Mattingly Duke" under a bald eagle perched atop a red white and blue American shield with surrounded by 16 stars. Provenance: Accompanied by signed affidavit from Gene Cernan from the patch's previous sale at Novaspace Galleries. FLOWN APOLLO 16 PATCH FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF EUGENE ANDREW CERNAN. This patch was flown to the Moon aboard the Command Service Module "Casper" during the mission of Apollo 16, 16 Apri 1972 -27 Apr 1972." Apollo 16 was the second to last lunar mission flown. Astronaut Eugene Andrew Cernan, Commander of Apollo 17, was the last man to walk on the lunar surface. He would have received this patch at the "pin party" held after the Apollo 17 mission. "The "pin parties" were a rite of passage for Apollo astronauts. After every flight they would have a pin party, men only, no spouses or families, just astronauts (and maybe Deke and a few support personnel) where the crew would get their flown astronaut pins, and they would pass out flown souvenirs that the other astronauts had given them to fly."
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