This portfolio is a reproduction of the items and messages left on the moon by the APOLLO 11 crew ( Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins ) in July of 1969.
Featured within are the following:
APOLLO 11 MISSION PATCH - designed by the crew and features the bald eagle clutching an olive branch on the lunar surface,
with earth in the background.
APOLLO 1 MISSION PATCH - In commemoration of the 3 astronauts who perished ( V.I. Grissom, E.H. White & R. Chaffee ) on January 27, 1967. The patch depicts the module orbiting the earth with the moon in the distance.
GOLDEN OLIVE BRANCH - Actually left on the moon surface to signify the slogan that “ We came in peace for all mankind “.
This is gold-stamped onto the portfolio page.
GOODWILL MESSAGES - From more than 70 heads of State and four U.S. Presidents
( Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson & Nixon ).
On the overleaf are the two different arm - patches
( attractively mounted in this portfolio ) worn by
Apollo 1 & Apollo 11 astronauts, shown in actual size.
Packed 22 portfolios per case.