Venice "colorful carnaval of patches"

Venezia

Venice is one of the most important tourist destination in the world for its art and architecture being consider as one of world´s beautiful cities. Ones you´re in Venice apart from famous water canal distribution as Amsterdam for example, you will find numerous touristic places to visit.

I was 3 years ago during 1 day. My first impression was wonderful and impacted me to see thousands of tourist crowding every place of the city and hundreds of souvenir shops along all city.

I recommend to you to take a " gondola" or " boat bus" to discover every place.

Coming back to the patches.... Is how you wonderful 70´s Coat of Arms Venice souvenir patch. Winged Lion of St Mark, white felt back ( rare).

The most important places in the city are:

St Mark Basilic
One of the most famous churches in Venice and one of the best know examples of art Italo-Bizatine

Lido di Venecia: in the last years becoming more attractive due to destination of celebrities and mainly people from cinema industry.  

Piazza St. mark.
Same turistic area you can find Basilic, Piazza St Mark and Palazzo Ducale. here you are 70´s souvenir patch from Piazza St Mark










Venice was one of the most powerful cities in the world, European´s market business center  as a result of that very influence and economical impact a lot of wonderful palaces were built around.

70´s Souvenir patch of palazzo Ducale venetian-gothic style one of the landmarks of Venice

Grand canal forms one of major water corridor in the city with numerous,beautiful and uniqueness bridges across


Ponte di Rialto is wonderful early 70´s souvenir patch for one of fourth most important bridges in the city








80´s Palace souvenir patch on left side Ca d´Oro Palazzo













Grand canal forms one of major water corridor in the city with numerous,beautiful and uniqueness bridges across, above you can find some souvenir patches regarding Rialto & Sospiri Bridges.

I hope you like them.

London_The global civilization

1983 Policeman souvenir patch

I lived in London during 6 months and I had the opportunity to discover one of most impressive cities in the world, thousands of people different races, cultures, languages sharing arts, education, communication, fashion trends and overall travel experiences. With such introductory letter is not difficult to find several souvenir patches for tourists

FLAG OF LONDON

(1970-198?) Sampson Imports,ltd

Sampson´s London Flag

London Flag Beg- Mid 70´s

Here you are two different souvenir London Flag Patch. On right side, Sampson 80´s colorful patch with massive use of lurex sewing. 
On left Souvenir Patch of London Flag, probably Mid 70´s. In both cases is representing the St. George´s red cross and upper left quarter the Sant Paul - Patron saint of London -sword.

Souvenir patch Coat of arms End 70´s

COAT OF ARMS

(1965-198?) Sampson Imports, ltd
Souvenir patch of End 70´s in the middle the shield with London flag, at both sides two dragons, derivated of St. George - The saint patron of England-who killed a dragon... the legend said.
Beautiful red back felt glued patch combine silver lurex sewing with ornamental embroidered, clear in details. Not to difficult get it in the patch collections. I´m not sure if it was manufactured by Sampson´s Souvenir, ltd.

LONDON MAIN PLACES

You can expend several days walking and visiting the main monuments and interesting places of London. Here you are an extensive example of London´s most famous places.  

TOWER BRIDGE
(1965-198?) Sampson´s souvenir patch
Three wonderful souvenir patches of Tower Bridge, for me one of most relevant places to visit. You can see two Sampson´s patches ( left and center) of different periods and same content. On the center, very common patch of Tower bridge manufactured End of 60´s, sewing onto red back felt with higher dimensions than on left side patch, also Sampson´s souvenir patch of 1978.
On right side, combination of Big ben and Tower bridge patch with Silver lurex sew onto red felt back.

HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT/BIG BEN

(1967-198?) Sampson Imports
Two Sampson´s patches of 80´s with House of Parliament, very common to find 





WESTMISTER CATHEDRAL
(1971-1981) Sampson Imports,ltd 
Souvenir patch of the most important Catholic Cathedral in England, manufactured by Sampson´s probably Beginning 70´s. This wonderful and full of color patch is saw onto red back felt.
The main issue is that is difficult to find in good conditions.




TRAFALGAR SQUARE
(1967-198?) Sampson Imports,ltd
Very appreciated by collectors or people that try to get it after visiting London.This 70´s Trafalgar Square patch was manufactured by Sampson´s. 
Is easier to get more recent patches but this one 
 





BUCKINGHAM PALACE
(1967-198?) Sampson Imports,ltd
Other souvenir patch very demanded and appreciated by collectors or people for collecting after visiting London.This Buckingham Palace patch was manufactured by Sampson´s Begin-Mid 70´s










SAINT PAUL´S CATHEDRAL 
(1969-198?)Sampson Imports,ltd
This Sampson´s patch shows St. Paul, an Anglican cathedral, the seat of Bishop of London manufactured beginning of 70´s with golden lurex sew onto red felt back.




THE LONDON PLANETARIUM.
(1974-1976) Sampson Imports,ltd
Here you are wonderful patch for scutelliphily people, limited edition available during 2 years, really appreciated in  patch collections.

POST OFFICE TOWER
(1971-1980´s) Sampson Imports,ltd
The patch showed is Mid 70´s sew onto blue back felt, showing the BT Tower a communication tower based in London

 NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
(1978-1979) Sampson Imports,ltd. two patches with blue and red felt. Also some different sew color in name.

 MADAME TUSSAUDS
 (1977-1979) Sampson Import
Souvenir patch of one of main tourist attractions in London the wax museum
Here you are three examples of patches about Mme. Tussauds, however I´m not sure about manufacturer and period in last two

LONDON ZOO
LONDON ZOO 150th ANNIVERSARY
(1976-1979)Sampson Import,ltd .
150 years London Zoo Commemorative Patch 
This patch is difficult to find it









On right side: Chia Chia & Ching Ching,couple of Giant Pandas London souvenir patch of London Zoo dated on 1974-? to remain Chinese goodwill gift to English people. Very rare, expensive and appreciate by Scutelliphily´s

Rome " Eternal City"

Rome called the 'Eternal City', was the most impressive center of Roman Empire - one of world´s greatest civilizations ever with more than 2600 years of existence is the capital and largest city of Italy. 

I have been 3 times having the opportunity to visit, wonderful palaces, millennium-old churches and basilicas, grand romantic ruins, opulent monuments, ornate statues and graceful fountains which provide you come back to the past. Highly recommended if you enjoy pure historical and cultural atmosphere and of course get the patches of places visited

COAT OF ARMS

 The coat of arms is based of Latin ancient acronym SPQR - Senatus Populus Qe Romanus

This souvenir patch represents  the emblem of the standards of the Roman legions, and the official name of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. 

Although there are hundreds of souvenir patches related Rome, we can consider this patch really appreciated by patch collectors

Additionally, there are some patches show the Capitoline wolf suckles of Romulus and Remo, based on most famous Roman myths. On right side you have souvenir path manufactured by American House of Flag on 70´s

Here you are a some souvenir patches for some emblematic places

IL COLOSSEO

Both patches represent worldwide largest amphitheatre of the Roman Empire, built between 70-80 Ad is considered one of the greatest architecture and engineering works during Roman Empire. Commonly used for public spectacles as Gladiatoral contest among others.


On right side End 70´s or beginning 80´s patch
On the left side Beginning 80´s souvenir patch.

TRINITA DEI MONTI

The Trinita dei Monti is a Rome´s church, dominate the famous Piazza di Spagna on top of its famous steps.

One of main features of this church is maintenance, ownership and management are borne by French state.

The souvenir patch of Trinita dei monti is very rare  due to limited patches edition, not being one of most famous monuments  of Rome. 

WORLD´S SMALLEST ESTATE. VATICAN CITY

Curiously, inside Rome city we find the world´s smallest state " Vatican City", center of Catholic religion it was declared in 1984 UNESCO World Heritage site.

The Vatican City Coat of Arms is easily found in patches collectors. Here I show you 1980´s souvenir patch, representing from one side St. Peter´s keys intersection of spiritual and temporal Catholic power and tiara is Pope´s authority. 

ST PETER SQUARE & BASILIC

Both "San Pietro" souvenir patches are representing most famous place in Vaticano City. 

Above Mid 70´s patch I don´t know exactly the manufacturer ( maybe, American house of Flag) ,sometimes you have some issues to find it.

Above souvenir patch manufactured by Sampson´s is a vintage patch End 60´s beginning 70´s, very common patch but key point is to find in good conditions  

In next post I will show you other cities as Florence, Venezia, Pisa,.....

Please, let your comments 

   

South Africa, Adventure Souvenir Patch

Sampson´s extend the patch collection to South Africa

From end 60´s Sampson´s imported the souvenir patches collection to South Africa under two companies: Wesleys of durban and Smokes and gifts souvenirs.

In both cases, it was offered the same patch collection than in UK.

These souvenir patches with original package are really difficult to get them

Most usual patch is South Africa coat of arms, distributed directly by Sampson´s.

The patches are manufactured with impacted colors that highlight it.

Here you are some patches of 2 most important Johannesburg´s towers: 

Hillbrow Tower (1968 - 1971)

Albert Hertzog Tower (1961-1962)

The package characteristics are same than British ones, I provide you one example of Woven badges list available of 1973, you can observe in the middle, sampson´s woven badge album offer.

If you have additional info or you want to tell us something else, welcome to comment this post

Sampson´s Souvenir a Britain reference in Woven Badge Manufactures

SAMPSONS SOUVENIRS ,ltd

Some info

After World War II, the souvenir badge tradition was imported to Britain by Sampson import (badges) Ltd., which began producing badges of British tourist spots. 

Based on Southend-on-sea, Essex is with any doubt the reference company in manufacturing of Souvenir patches in UK. nowadays the business is extend to all kind of souvenir object as Fridge magnets, caps, etc.. with a very large catalogue

Sampson´s is still the largest British manufacturer of souvenir badges, and produced many of the badges. Rather than being embroidered, the designs of the Sampson badges are usually woven with fine lurex thread into a thin piece of fabric, which is then stitched or (more recently) glued onto a felt backing material.

Sampson´s is really focus on scutelliphily  or patch collector oriented,  providing with the patch ( woven badge) package the list of places availables to request by customers. In 1974 sampson´s began to provide also the "badge Album".

Sampson Souvenir badge 1960´s -1970's 

Here you are some piece from Sampson Import (badges) features by a woven silk design sewn onto a felt backing. The more ancient badges are embroidered with yellow color thread in the cover of place´s name ,I think at end of 60´s Sampson´s began the use of lurex, becoming more visual attracted.

 You can see, Detailed patch of Rhyl-Wales and Burham-on -sean original package,

I include other examples of patches 60´s ( not clear identification of year due to no referencial exist) 

I you are patch collector or just interested in this bobbie, the best way to identified period is to get the patch in original sampson´s package, so depending of logo, price and list of places available is more or less easy the identification. If you get a patch without package, I´m going to provide you some info in this blog for better identification, although info came from my experience in collection.

If you have other info or criteria, you´re welcome to discuss

List of Places 

Probably 1962-1965. Price 2s each badge

I enclosed you some pictures of 60´s list of places.

This first one is the oldest in my collection, I´m still searching info to identify exactly the year.

Front/back detail

Inside detail

You can observe in this pictures the places available at this period, so if you get a patch and not appear in this list, clearly is not from this period. Note the Continental places, such us, Venice, Paris, Rome, Malta,etc.

Probably 1968-1969. Price 2s each badge

I enclosed you some pictures of 60´s list of places.

Front/back detail

 Inside detail