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Flown embroidered Apollo 14 insignia patch that was carried into lunar orbit during the Apollo 14 mission. The patch, 4˝ x 3.5˝, is signed on the reverse in black felt tip by its original owner, moonwalker Edgar Mitchell, who also signs an included certificate of authenticity, which reads: “This certifies that the accompanying embroidered mission patch (signed on the back by Edgar Mitchell) was carried in my personal preference kit (PPK) on Apollo 14 from January 31, 1971 to February 9, 1971 during the Apollo 14 mission. Admiral Alan Shepard, Commander, Colonel Stuart Roosa, Command Module Pilot, and myself as Lunar Module Pilot, were sent to explore the Fra Mauro Highlands region of the moon on February 5-6, 1971, as the third landing mission to the moon. Ours was the first Apollo mission devoted primarily to scientific exploration of the moon, rather than tests of the operational flight procedures necessary for successful missions. The total mission time was nine days plus one minute from liftoff at Cape Kennedy to splash down in the Pacific Ocean near Pago Pago. We set up scientific experiments at our landing site, explored nearby Cone Crater, took hundreds of photographs, and returned with 98 pounds of lunar material for examination by scientists on Earth.” In very fine condition.
