The personalized pin placements reminds me of my HP badge, festooned with Vectra PC product emblems, an atavistic nod perhaps to the boy scout badges of our youth.
A space auction just completed last night, and I won some unique artifacts. This is a sentimental addition to the growing John Young collection, something he has waited to sell for many years.
Heritage Description: “Gemini Area Permit Badge with Pins
Directly from the Personal Collection of Astronaut John Young
A 2.375″ x 3.375″ heavily-laminated badge with original clip still attached on the blank verso. On the front is printed “AREA PERMIT” above the Gemini logo with “B/ I” stamped to the right. The number “6” and the name “JOHN W. YOUNG” are both typed in and Young has signed boldly: John W. Young. A yellow sticker “R” is affixed at lower left. At the upper left are two rare period metal pins:
(1) Gold-colored with an embossed black Gemini logo in the shape of the gender symbol for “man,” 0.75″ x 0.5″ overall;
(2) Black Titan II rocket on top of a blue Gemini logo and a red check mark symbol, 0.875″ x 1″ in size.
John Young flew on the first of the ten manned Gemini missions, Gemini 3, in 1965 with Gus Grissom, and also on Gemini 10 in 1966 with Michael Collins.”
He went on to fly two Apollo missions (10 and 16) and two Shuttle missions (STS-1, STS-9/Spacelab 1); he co-piloted the first manned Gemini-Titan and Shuttle launches, and is the only person to have flown twice in Gemini, Apollo, and Shuttle.
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