St Mirren embroidery

Tidying up prior to our festive visitations I came across this framed vintage St Mirren shirt which is some kind of family heirloom. I mean, Kenny knows exactly what it is and cares for it dearly, obviously, I have rather less interest.

Until I took a closer look at the embroidery on it:

The yellow badge is clearly machine-embroidered.
But the black one looks to me to have been hand-stitched:

Look!

Isn't that beautiful!

I also like the fact that the shirt has been repaired several times. Of course, this could have been done long after it had ceased to be worn but I like the idea of a footballer having a mended shirt. Can't imagine that would happen much today.