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RARE Fort Frederica National Monument Patch St Simons Island Georgia NOS New-Old Stock
NEW OLD STOCK (NOS)
A pristine, completely unused, and structurally flawless collectible emblem. The item remains permanently attached to its original retail backing card issued by Focus on Souvenirs (San Clemente, CA).
• Classification: Commemorative Embroidered Insignia / Iron-On Souvenir Patch
• Publisher/Distributor: Focus on Souvenirs (San Clemente, California)
• Country of Manufacture: China
• Central Motifs: Historic Fort Frederica Garrison Cannon, Colonial British Flag (King's Colors), Coastal Georgia Maritime Live Oak and Moss Canopy, Frederica River Waterfront
• Emblem Dimensions: Approx. 3.5 inches W x 2.5 inches H (8.9 cm x 6.4 cm)
• Backing Card Dimensions: Approx. 5.5 inches H x 4.25 inches W (14.0 cm x 10.8 cm)
CONSERVATION SUMMARY & STATE OF PRESERVATION
This specimen exhibits immaculate, unissued "New Old Stock" qualities. The embroidery retains its maximum structural integrity, displaying vivid polymeric threads in high-contrast emerald green, deep cobalt blue, silver-white, sand-tan, charcoal gray, and crisp crimson accents. The merrowed silver-gray border stitch is structurally stable, with zero thread tension failure or fiber loosening. The adhesive thermo-seal backing layer is fully intact, unheated, and perfectly preserved against the card support. The original paper backing card is crisp, exhibiting firm edge planarity, high structural rigidity, a historical $3.00 price marker, and its original educational text overlay.
PROVENANCE & INSTITUTIONAL DISTRICT LEGACY
This official souvenir was developed and distributed by Focus on Souvenirs for regional distribution serving Fort Frederica National Monument on St. Simons Island, Georgia. Established as a National Monument in 1936 and managed by the National Park Service, the site preserves the archaeological remnants of the 18th-century British fortified town. This patch represents an increasingly scarce, unissued regional artifact from the distributor's past retail era, prior to contemporary updates in national park site branding.
DOMESTIC TEXTILE DESIGN & MANUFACTURING PROCESS
This vintage emblem is a premium example of high-speed multi-head automated mechanical embroidery. Utilizing a resilient polyester twill backing fabric, high-tensile threads were precisely mapped with dense stitch counts to form a heavily layered, three-dimensional tactile relief. The reverse face features a clean, uniform application of a specialized, heat-activated copolymer adhesive layer, engineered for permanent textile bonding when activated by controlled iron temperatures. The oval boundary is securely finished with an overlock merrowed stitch to guarantee structural longevity and total fray resistance.
HISTORICAL CONTEXT & ICONOGRAPHY
The composition of this emblem captures the core foundational clash of European empires in colonial North America. Depicted prominently is the historic artillery cannon facing the Frederica River, flanked by the 18th-century British flag. Established in 1736 by General James Oglethorpe, Fort Frederica served as a strategic British outpost to protect the southern boundary of the Georgia colony against Spanish forces stationed in Florida. The dense embroidery meticulously highlights the iconic maritime forest canopy of live oaks draped in Spanish moss, symbolizing the unique coastal landscape where the decisive Battle of Bloody Marsh took place in 1742, ultimately deciding the fate of the southeastern region.
PROVENANCE & INSTITUTIONAL CARE STANDARDS
This artifact is held and managed under strict preventative conservation protocols.
• Storage Environment: Maintained within a secure, dedicated climate-controlled facility with regulated relative humidity (RH) and ambient temperature to prevent material degradation, cross-linking, or pest vectors.
• Archival Housing: All inventory is individually wrapped in premium, acid-free, unbuffered archival tissue paper and housed within lignin-free, pH-neutral archival storage boxes.
CONSERVATION-GRADE SHIPPING & TRANSIT STABILIZATION
Specialized care does not stop at our facility doors. To ensure structural stability during transit:
• Microclimate Control: Items are sealed inside vapor-barrier wrap containing specialized desiccant packs to mitigate sudden ambient humidity fluctuations or dew-point shifts while in transit.
• Shock Absorption: If optional box packaging is selected, rather than free standard envelope shipping, the item is packaged with rigid cardboard stabilizers and inert, non-reactive cushioning to completely isolate the object from mechanical shock or bending vectors.
In the standard envelope shipping, a desiccant pack is included and the item is packed within layers of tissue and paper.
