SPACE FLOWN BETA CLOTH FROM APOLLO 16 NASA, USA 1972 14 × 16 cm Diameter of the patch: 9 cm Provenance: Directly from the personal collection of Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke Certificate: Letter of authenticity from Charles Duke. Astronaut Charlie Duke certifies that this Beta Cloth Patch was flown to the moon aboard the Lunar Module Orion during the flight of Apollo 16, the fifth lunar landing and the first and only mission that landed in the rugged lunar highlands. This patch was one of several items that were taken by the crew and was stored in a compartment on the right side of the Lunar Module. It remained on the moon for the three days that Apollo 16 was on the moon and was exposed to the vacuum of space every time they exited the Module for their lunar excursions. The cloth is signed with the following words: ‘Flown to the lunar surface aboard the LM Orion, Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 LMP’. * The full tax is charged on this item marked * in the auction catalogue, i.e. VAT is charged on the sum of the bid price plus the surcharge for those items. The VAT will be refunded to Purchasers providing a validly stamped export declaration. ------------------------------------------------- SPACE FLOWN BETA CLOTH FROM APOLLO 16 NASA, USA 1972 14 × 16 cm Diameter of the patch: 9 cm Provenance: Directly from the personal collection of Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke Certificate: Letter of authenticity from Charles Duke. Astronaut Charlie Duke certifies that this Beta Cloth Patch was flown to the moon aboard the Lunar Module Orion during the flight of Apollo 16, the fifth lunar landing and the first and only mission that landed in the rugged lunar highlands. This patch was one of several items that were taken by the crew and was stored in a compartment on the right side of the Lunar Module. It remained on the moon for the three days that Apollo 16 was on the moon and was exposed to the vacuum of space every time they exited the Module for their lunar excursions. The cloth is signed with the following words: ‘Flown to the lunar surface aboard the LM Orion, Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 LMP’. Dieses mit * (Asterisk) bezeichnete Objekte ist vollumfänglich mehrwertsteuerpflichtig, d. h. bei diesen Objekten wird die MWST auf den Zuschlagspreis plus Aufgeld berechnet. Käufer, die eine rechtsgültig abgestempelte Ausfuhrdeklaration vorlegen, erhalten die MWST rückvergütet.