MERCURY MISSIONS (1961-1963) - Lot 29

MERCURY MISSIONS (1961-1963) Set of 7 colorful embroidered fabric badges representing the badges of each Mercury mission and one specially dedicated to astronaut Alan Shepard, 1st American in space on May 5, 1961 : - Alan Shepard (1st American in space), Mercury mission 3-Freedom 7 (May 5, 1961) - Gus Grissom, Mercury Redstone-4 mission (July 21, 1961) - John Glenn, Mercury Atlas-6 mission (February 20, 1962) - Scott Carpenter, Mercury Atlas-7 mission (May 24, 1962) - Walter Schirra, Mercury Atlas-8 mission (October 3, 1962) - Gordon Cooper, Mercury Atlas-9 mission (May 15, 1963) Badges in various sizes, from 6 to 10 cm Included: 2 round brooches, one featuring a portrait of John Glenn in his astronaut helmet, inscribed: "America's first orbital space man, astronaut John Glenn", and the other, a photo of the 7 Mercury astronauts in spacesuits, inscribed: "Original 7 astronauts, project Mercury". Diam. 9 cm