Olympic wappen patch from the 1964 Tokyo Olympics owned by Marilyn White

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An Olympic wappen (coat-of-arms) patch in packaging. The wappen is a red felt shield shape with threaded stitching. The red felt has a black and white shield attached to it. The center of the wappen is white thread with [TOKYO] threaded in black at the top center. Below the text is a red sun with [1964] above the Olympic rings in gold thread. At the bottom of the wappen there is a small black, red, and blue ribbon with Japanese writing on it in white thread. The patch is stapled to a white, blue, and red paper and is encased in plastic wrap. The paper has Japanese writing and a red sun with the text: [Tokyo 1964]. Under the top section there is more Japanese writing, followed by the text: [OLYMPIC WAPPEN]. In the bottom right corner of the paper, text reads: [PRICE ? 100.]. The back of the paper is white with blue writing.

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