USA Olympic patch for the 1960 Summer Games in Rome owned by Dick Howard

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

An athlete patch from the 1960 Olympics in Rome owned by Dick Howard. The patch is for the United States team and is a red bordered shield with a white background. Within the shield is blue stitched letters. Along the top portion of the shield is [USA]. The center of the shield reads [OLYMPIC / GAMES / 1960].

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