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Originally Posted by Domer05
I have never seen a spine like that ... ever.
The material looks a lot like nylon. Like it came from a stadium giveaway backpack--not a ca. 1958 pennant. Do you suppose it may have been added by a recent owner, post-purchase? As in ... "spinal surgery"?? Perhaps the original spine was 100% wool/felt ... and the moths made a meal of it back in the 1990s?
Do both of these SF pennants feature the very same material? Or just the one?
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It sounds like Rob's Giants pennant has this same material on the spine. There is no evidence of restitching. His pennant with this orange spine also looks to be about the same size as mine (with the Orange spine). The one I have with the yellow felt spine is a few inches longer (and wider). Also, my close up of the spine makes the material look new. It doesn't look very new in hand. It is pretty worn and tattered. It is also very thin, more like a ribbon.