Description: UP FOR SALE IS ONE STUNNING "VESPA " EMBROIDERED IRON-ON MOTORCYCLE PATCH... VESPA IS AN ITALIAN LUXURY BRAND OF SCOOTERS AND MOPEDS... THE NAME "VESPA" MEANS "WASP" IN ITALIAN... THIS PATCH IS NOTHING SHORT OF STUNNING AND WAS APPOINTED IN THE VIVID AND RICH COLORS OF WHITE AND RED, THEN FINISHED OFF WITH A SILKY BORDER OF WHITE... THE APPROXIMATE SIZE OF THIS STUNNING PATCH IS 3 1/4" WIDE AND 1 5/8" TALL... THE COMPANY WAS FOUNDED ON APRIL 23, 1946 BY RINALDO PIAGGIO, IN FLORENCE, TUSCANY... ORIGINALLY, THE COMPANY PRODUCED AERONAUTICS DURING WW2 UNTIL THE FACTORY WAS BOMBED OUT... DURING THE POST WAR YEARS DEMAND FOR A RELIABLE AND SMALL MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION CAME TO THE FOREFRONT... VESPA STEADILY GREW IN PRODUCTION AND, WITH A BIG SALES PROMO THAT TOOK PLACE IN 1952...THE FILM "ROMAN HOLIDAY" WITH GREGORY PECK AND AUDREY HEPBURN TOOK PLACE...THE UNINTENDED RESULT WAS SALES OF 100,000 VESPA'S... ITALY IS STILL THE LARGEST MARKET FOR VESPA, WITH ENGLAND RUNNING SECOND... I'M SELLING OFF MY COLLECTION... THIS GREAT LITTLE PIECE OF HISTORY CAN BE YOURS... BEWARE: BEWARE OF “B” GRADE PATCHES BEING SOLD ON EBAY…I ONLY SELL FIRST GRADE PRODUCT IN MY STORE…A GREAT WAY OF TELLING A ”B” GRADE PATCH IS A PATCH THAT IS MUCH LOWER IN PRICE THAN OTHER COMPARABLE PATCHES…THE THREAD TENDS TO UNRAVEL AND THE PATCH FADES EASILY…DURABILITY IS ALSO COMPROMISED…
Price: 5.99 USD
Location: Chandler, Arizona
End Time: 2025-02-05T17:48:31.000Z
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