Up for auction today is a vintage, circa 1970, "Young Hong Karate Institute
Black Belt Club" uniform or jacket patch. Young Hong's was started in 1968 in
Belvedere, IL. by Grandmaster Young Hong. This is a LARGE 5" patch. This
patch is in nice shape, but the back will need to be cleaned up a bit as it has
paper/glue residue on the backside. YouTube has several remedies for doing
this, but I just do not have the time (continue reading and you will understand
why). This patch is from a MASSIVE 1000+ patch, one-of-a-kind company sales
catalog, from the Swiss Craft Embroidery Company that used to be located at 934
W. North Avenue in Chicago. Whenever an order was produced, one patch was
saved to the sample catalog with all of the correct stitch & thread numbers for
their next order. Patches date from the 1960's with the newest being 1974 and
almost all are cheesecloth. There is absolutely NO doubt as to the patches
authenticity. This was the most expensive book that I ever purchased
LOL. Anyway, all patches will sell with NO reserve and FREE S & H.
Thanks for viewing.......Triple K