This was one of many Star Trek toys made for The Motion Picture by Larami Corporation. This particular piece seems to really be just a plastic wallet with a clear cover and a Star Trek picture slipped inside, but thanks to the packaging, it's still a pretty nice piece. The back of the package is blank.
I suppose this is technically a clothing accessory, but because of the nature of Larami's products, it might also be labeled a toy.
About Larami Corporation:
Larami Corporation was a company best known in the '70s for making low-cost "rack toys" -- toys designed for checkout line type displays. In the '80s they became better known for water guns, introducing the Power Drencher, which became the Super Soaker in 1991, a line still produced by Hasbro, which acquired Larami in the '90s. The company name was retired in 2002. They made toys for many TV series and movies.
- View the Wikipedia article on Larami Corporation -- NOTE, the article says Larami was founded in 1947, but according to the book Timeless Toys, it was founded in 1959.
- View a page of Star Trek toys from Larami's 1980 cataolg on the '70s catalog site plaidstallions.com. There are a couple of pages with Star Trek toys in this catalog.
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