# fp080 Soyuz TM-3/MIR Crest patch of Alexandrov

Soviet Crest patch flown 160 days on board MIR with Soyuz TM-3 flight engineer cosmonaut Alexander Alexandrov.On board station Alexandrov removed patch from his Sokol suit and on reverse side cancelled with MIR handstamp.Note that Alexandrov suit after flight no longer had genuine patch attached and flown in this mission. This unique subject Alexandrov kept in personal flight archives since his flight in 1987 and finaly was agree to share during our last meeting September 2003.Third image depicts us together. During meeting Alexandrov signed and hand notared on reverse side `Board of MIR`.