METALLICA Vintage 1980's RIDE THE LIGHTNING Back Patch ORIGINAL UNUSED

Description

Metallica vintage back patch. 13 1/2″ long, tapers from 11 1/2″ wide along the top to 10″ wide along the bottom.
Back says Made in England, 1984 or 1985 I
think.
GUARANTEED VINTAGE, IN UNUSED CONDITION! I’ve seen some
“vintage” ones in crap shape sell for much more than we are asking.I’ve
had these stored away for decades.They were left over from my old store
in New Brunswick, NJ. Compare the art to the other new, licensed ones available- this is THE
REAL DEAL.And this old design is nicer than the new ones.
Fun fact- we used to sell pins and patches to Jon and Marsha
(RIP) when they ran a stand at the Rt. 18 flea market, East Brunswick NJ in
the early ’80’s. They formed MEGAFORCE RECORDS at this time, while still
maintaining the stand. Around 1983 (?), my then-partner Doug had the
chance to buy the rights to produce the first commercial poster for a
MEGAFORCE RECORDS band. Metallica was an option…Unfortunately, he
chose to do a poster of RAVEN, another Megaforce band (still active
today), that was headlining over Metallica at the time. Demand was close
to non-existent- I think almost all of the 5,000 posters printed ended
up in the dumpster.Shipped with USPS First Class $5