January 26th Rare Autograph & Book Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/26/2023
Ron Evans Signed Apollo 17 Rescue Envelope / with original Apollo 17 Reentry Parachute piece and kapton foil attached. The envelope is signed "Ronald Evans Command module pilot". The envelope has a window cut out where the original collector place a piece of Apollo 17 the re-entry parachute material in.
The collector worked for Rockwell and was active in the rescue missions and was able to collect various pieces of the the return parachutes and other related memorabilia for various missions. The envelope also has period photo and original period patch made by Lion Brothers Commercially.
According to www.crewpatches.com. "The patch is Fully embroidered. Merrowed edge without 'tail' (selvedged). Scarcity:Scarce.The Lion Brothers patch is easily distinguished from the AB Emblem version by the wide outer border containing the text. It also has the number "17" embroidered on the shoulder of the Apollo figure as a hallmark."
Ron Evans (November 10, 1933 – April 7, 1990) was an American electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, officer and aviator in the United States Navy, and NASA astronaut. As Command Module Pilot on Apollo 17 he was one of the 24 astronauts to have flown to the Moon, and one of 12 people to have flown to the Moon without landing on it.
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Ron Evans Signed Apollo 17 Rescue Envelope / with original Apollo 17 Re-entry Parachute piece
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