When they arrived on the U.S.S. Essex following the recovery operation the Apollo 7 crew were wearing their betacloth flightsuits
complete with betacloth mission patches as shown in the first two photos above.
Some time thereafter, however, they changed into blue jumpsuits which had
embroidered mission patches attached.
These embroidered mission patches are shown quite
clearly in detail from the photo
This patch was actually embroidered as a circular design with a white surround, as worn by the suit techs
S68-48789, and clearly visible on suit tech Clyde Teague in
68-H-936. It was trimmed by hand around the central area of the design for use on the blue jumpsuits of the crew.