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 BOY SCOUT MEMORABILIA MAJOR NEED LIST |
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Here are some of
the major Boy Scout badges, medals, pins, uniforms, books and
insignia
that I am looking to purchase or trade for.
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BSA OFFICE BADGES |
- Many National Level Adult Office
Badges especially:
- Chief Scout Executive on khaki square (1950's)
- National Commissioner - Powder horn design (1940's)
- National Commissioner - First Class on red-white-blue background (1953 - 60)
- National President with silver First Class, silver eagle & 2 stars (1950's)
- National President with silver First Class, brown eagle & 2 white stars (1950's)
- National Past President with hand (1932 - 53)
- Many National Level Adult Office
pins especially
- Chief Scout - Gold Tenderfoot emblem, letters and border (1940's)
- National Commissioner - Powder horn design (gold)
- National Commissioner - Powder horn design (silver)
- International Commissioner (1957 - 66)
- National Past President with hand (1932 - 53)
- National Treasurer - 3 inch round patch - on purple twill
National Chief - Order of the Arrow - 3 inch round - on tan(never distributed)Regional Chief - Order of the Arrow - 3 inch round - on tan(never distributed)
- Chief Financial Officer Retired - 3 inch round - yellow border, letters, wreath & tenderfoot
- Council Executive Board - 3 inch round patch
- yellow border
- Scout Commissioner patch - Teens - Blue First Class, gold wreath, brown eagle
- Scout Commissioner patch - Teens - Blue First Class, gold wreath (bullion thread)
- Scout Commissioner patch - Teens - Blue First Class, gold wreath, gold eagle
- Local Councilman - 1920s - Blue First Class, white eagle on tan cloth
- Many Square Adult Office Badges on tan or khaki cloth
- Assistant Team Coach - 3 inch round - no scout stuff marking on back
- Asst Patrol Leader on Sand (fine) Twill
- Bugler on Sand (fine) Twill
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COMBINATION BADGES |
- Tenderfoot in silver
- Tenderfoot / bugler in silver
- Tenderfoot / scribe in silver
- 2nd Class / bugler in silver
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SPECIAL AWARDS |
- Honor Medal - gold Maltese Cross on white drop ribbon
- Honor Medal - marked r 10K - round (ribbon connector ring attaches to the top of the medal) on red ribbon
- Lifesaving Lapel chains - 1, 2 & 3 chain(s)
- Medal of Merit with 2 clutch posts on
back
- Early "Distinguished Service to Wild Life" medal with deer on front - red ribbon - suspended from gold wing pin.
- Hornaday Award / Adult
Gold Medallion (paper weight) - No ribbon
- Harmon Award Certificate, Bank Note or misc. paper
items
- Scout Achievement Pin - #1 (purple enameling)
- Silver Antelope ribbon bar - gold / white / gold
- Silver Antelope lapel ribbon - gold / white / gold
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BOY SCOUT PINS |
- Early oval gold & blue
Scout Commissioner oval lapel pin
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- Small Enameled Lapel Pins (1/2" not counting the wire
knot) -
First class emblem with FLAT SHIELD
- Asst Deputy Scout Commissioner (light blue)
Small Enameled Lapel Pins (1/2" not counting the wire knot) - First class emblem with RAISED SHIELD
- Nat'l Staff (purple)
- Large Enameled Hat
Pins (1 1/2" not counting the wire
knot) - First Class emblem - PIN BACK
- Nat'l Staff (purple)
- Large Enameled Hat
Pins ( 1 1/2" not counting the wire
knot) - First Class emblem - SCREW BACK
- Troop Committee / Local Council (white)
- Deputy Scout Commissioner (dark blue)
- Asst Deputy Scout Commissioner (light blue)
- Nat'l Staff (purple)
- Large 2 3/4" First Class pin (T. H. Foley) - Silver
- Veterans pin w/ tenderfoot & scalloped edge - gold behind number - 5 yr
- Veterans pin w/ tenderfoot & scalloped edge - gold behind number - 55yr
- Veterans pin - 20yr (XX) with clutch post on back
- Most early BSA scarf pins
- Many early OVAL lapel pins (SM, ASM, Commissioner
, etc)
- Some celluloid pin back buttons - especially dated ones from the teens, 1920s and 1930s. (I have over 250 but know there are many more out there.)
- Many Adult Collar Brass (I collect all varieties of all pins)
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| Squatty crown
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Wide Shoulder
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High Crown
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Horizontal pin - Unsupported back
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WREATH COLOR |
BADGE OUTLINE & LETTER COLOR |
EAGLE COLOR |
FIRST CLASS BADGE COLOR |
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Asst Scout Exec |
Squatty crown - horizontal pin |
gold |
silver |
silver |
red |
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Asst Field Exec/ Asst DE |
Squatty crown - double screw back |
gold |
gold |
gold |
red |
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Asst Field Exec/ Asst DE |
Squatty crown - screw back - 4 stars in shield |
gold |
gold |
gold |
red |
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Asst Field Exec/ Asst DE |
Wide Shoulders |
gold |
gold |
gold |
red |
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Asst Field Exec/ Asst DE |
High crown - horizontal pin - unsupported back |
gold |
gold |
gold |
red |
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Scout Commissioner |
Squatty crown - double screw back |
silver |
silver |
silver |
blue |
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Asst Deputy Commissioner |
Squatty crown - horizontal pin |
gold |
silver |
gold |
blue |
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Asst Deputy Commissioner |
Wide Shoulders |
gold |
silver |
gold |
blue |
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Neighborhood Commissioner |
Squatty crown - screw back - 4 stars in shield |
gold |
gold |
gold |
blue |
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Neighborhood Commissioner |
Squatty crown - screw back - 5 stars in shield |
gold |
gold |
gold |
blue |
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LONE SCOUT |
- Lone Scout - 6 month - BRONZE year bar with SOLID back (not stamped)
- LSD / BSA patch c/e
- Lone scout uniform
- Lone scout Sweater
- 3rd degree book 11" x 14"
- Tan Cover Degree book with
BSA / NYC address printed inside cover
(4th Degree) (5th Degree) (6th Degree) (7th Degree) - Tan Cover Degree book with
BSA / NYC address on label inside cover
(1st Degree) (2nd Degree) (3rd Degree) (4th Degree) (5th Degree)
(6th Degree) - JAKE stick pin
- Many LSA - "PEP Stamps"
- LSA Flag
- Misc LSA / LSD paper etc.
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EAGLE SCOUT PATCHES |
- type 3B - 1st oval - thick neck - no detail in wing fine gauze on back (Upgrade)
- type 5 - limited run (oddity) 'EAGLE SCOUT' very thin wings on eagle.
- type 6 - limited run
(oddity) has square scroll like Mylar eagle
but no Mylar or BE PREPARED in scroll
- KNIGHTS OF DUNAMIS - red and white strip (looks like a community strip)
- KD patch - red / white felt background (cut out eagle on sword - KD below)
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WATCH FOBS |
- Tenderfoot (silver)
-- NOTE: The real silver Tenderfoot Fobs are a very hard medal with a very smooth back.
A fake exists that is a soft medal and has tiny air bubbles on back. - 1st Class (white enameling)
- 1st Class (white enameling with wreath)
- 5 Year Veteran fob
- Any that say "FIRST CLASS SCOUT BSA" with enameling
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SILVER AWARD PROGRAM ITEMS |
- Bronze Award Medal (type 1 - round C-A-W design on red & gold ribbon)
- Gold Award Medal (type 1 - round C-A-W design on red & gold ribbon))
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AIR SCOUT / AIR EXPLORER ITEMS |
- Asst Flight Pilot (Silver wing - 1 silver bar in blue box) -- if exists
- Flight Pilot (Gold wing - 2 gold bars in blue box) -- if exists
- Air Scout light blue dress jacket
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SENIOR SCOUT TITLES ON DARK GREEN (ARC TYPE) |
- artist
- artisan
- craftsman
- farm manager
- journalist
- livestockman
- naturalist
- radioman
- sportsman
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SENIOR SCOUT TITLES ON SEA SCOUT BLUE (ARC TYPE) |
- gardener (upgrade)
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BSA DIARIES |
- 1913 (UPGRADE)
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BSA ANNUAL REPORTS |
- 1982 - 1984 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998
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PATROL IDENTIFICATION |
- Many official BSA Patrol
Ribbons
Alligator .........
gray / green
Mongoose ..…..
brown / orange
Antelope .......
khaki / green
Moose .....….....
white / gray
Cat ................
gray / brown
Pelican .....….... gray / violet Cobra . ....…..
black / orange
Raven .......…...
black
Cuckoo ....…..
gray
Whippoorwill ....
khaki / gray
Hawk .........…
pink
Wood Pigeon ...
blue / gray
Hippo ......…...
pink / black
Hound .…...…
orange
Jackal ..…......
gray / black
Kangaroo ......
red / gray
- Square Felt Patrol
Medallions
- ANTELOPE - BULL - COBRA - CURLEW
- ELEPHANT - HIPPO - HORSE - HOUND
- HYENA - JACKAL - KANGAROO
- MONGOOSE - MOOSE - PEEWIT - PELICAN
- RAM - RHINO - STORK
- SWALLOW - WILD BOAR - WOOD PECKER - WOOD PIGEON - Felt Patrol Medallions - NO
BSA
COVERED WAGON (Unconfirmed) DAN BEARD
(Unconfirmed)
- Felt Patrol Medallions -
BSA - SOLID BLACK THREADS on back
side of outer ring.
- BOBCAT
- CROW
- PAUL BUNYON
- Felt Patrol Medallions -
BSA - BLACK and WHITE THREADS on
back side of outer ring.
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CURLEW ------- [Unconfirmed]
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HIPPO ---------- [Unconfirmed]
- PEEWIT -------- [Unconfirmed]
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- Red and Black Twill Patrol Medallions -
BSA - Red Rubber Back
- CONDOR
- PEDRO ---- [Unconfirmed]
- ROADRUNNER
- Red and Black Twill Patrol Medallions -
BSA - Clear Plastic Back
- CAT
- COVERED WAGON
- CUCKOO
- DAN BEARD
- DUCK
- HORSE
- LION
- PAUL BUNYAN - [Unconfirmed]
- PELICAN --------- [Unconfirmed]
- PORCUPINE -- [Unconfirmed]
- SEA GULL ------ [Unconfirmed]
- SQUIRREL ----- [Unconfirmed]
- WHIPPOORWILL [Unconfirmed]
- WOODPECKER [Unconfirmed]
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WAR SERVICE ITEMS |
- WWI Livingstone medal (boy kneeling with sword)
- Misc BSA / WAR paper items
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BOY SCOUT RINGS |
- WHAT DO
YOU HAVE ? -- I am especially looking for:
- 1940's Square face eagle ring with BSA on chest
- Knights of Dunimas ring (KD)
- Early rings with STAMPED 1st class on face
- Philmont ring with bar 'S' - hand made
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SEA SCOUT / SEA EXPLORER |
- Early Sea Scout Badges on khaki
- Sea Scout Officer round badges
- Sea Scout Billet Marks
- Quartermaster medal with diagonal stripe on ribbon - if exists ???
- Sea Scout Khaki uniform
- Sea Scout Veterans Badges on Blue ------------ 20yr -- 25yr
- Sea Scout Veterans Badges on White - 10yr -- 20yr -- 25y
- Large metal 2 1/4" Sea Scout hat pin
- Booklet - 'Cruising For Sea Scouts'
- Booklet - 'BSA Nautical Scouting - 1915'
- Sea Scout SEAL pin
- Sea Scout National pin - 4 star
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CONTEST MEDALS / RIBBON BARS |
- Pre-1928 scalloped
contest medals
- Swimming (gold)
- Many Ribbon Bar pins
- Octagon shape medals
with the following titles:
- Bridge
Building
(silver) (gold) - Canoeing
(bronze) (silver) (gold)
- Tent
Pitching
(gold) - Tower
Building
(silver) (gold) - Wall
Scaling
(silver) (gold)
- Bridge
Building
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TROOP NUMBERS |
- BSA metal Troop # - bent
pin
-- 4 -- 6 -- 8 -- 9 -- 0 - Early Silk Screened
numbers - red/white
-- 9 -- 0 - Felt on Felt numbers -
red/white
-- 3 -- 4 -- 7 -- 8 -- 0 - Large Embroidered on Felt
numbers - red/white
-- 0 -- 10 - 25 Yr Troop Felt numbers
with silver borders - red/white
-- 7 -- 0 --10 - Cub Scout Diamond shape -
blue/gold
-- 1 -- 4 -- 0 - Sea Scout - Blue on white
felt
-- 3 -- 8 - Sea Scout - White on LARGE
blue felt
-- 1 -- 2 -- 4 -- 5 -- 8 -- 9 -- 0
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SQUARE MERIT BADGES |
- Beef Production (with out Horns)
- Cotton Farming
- Invention
- Pigeon Raising
- Seamanship (with Black Anchor)
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WIDE CRIMPED MERIT BADGES |
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TAN CRIMPED MERIT BADGES |
- Aerodynamics (Wing with Air) - if exist
- Airplane Design (Helicopter) - if exist
- Airplane Structure (Wing) - if exist
- Journalism (UPGRADE)
- Landscape Architecture (UPGRADE)
- Nut Culture (not fine twill)
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GREEN / KHAKI CRIMPED MERIT BADGES |
- Astronomy - Saturn (UPGRADE)
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CLOTH BACK - FULLY EMBROIDERED MERIT BADGES - TYPE G |
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COMPUTER DESIGNED - MERIT BADGES - TYPE I |
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RANK BADGES |
- TENDERFOOT #3 -- Tan Cloth
- High Crown / No embroidered line in crown
- SECOND CLASS #1 -- Tan Cloth - 40mm Wide / 7mm Thick - 17mm Long Knot
- SECOND CLASS #4 -- Tan
Cloth - 35mm Wide / 6mm Thick - Short Knot
- FIRST CLASS #1 -- Tan
Cloth - 3 tail feathers on eagle
- STAR #3 -- Tan Cloth -
Early - 3 Red Stripes in Shield - Gold Scroll, Brown "BE
PREPARED", Hanging Knot
- LIFE #1C -- Tan Cloth - Small Round gold knot inside of heart - Eagle facing right - Brown "BE PREPARED" - Scroll has brown tips
- LIFE #1D -- Tan Cloth - Small Round gold knot inside of heart - Eagle facing right - Brown "BE PREPARED" - Scroll has gold tips
- LIFE #3A -- Tan Cloth - Red Hanging Knot - Horizontal Stitching - Red Eye
- LIFE #4A -- Tan Cloth - Red Hanging Knot - Brown Stars / Red Eye
- LIFE #4B -- Tan Cloth - Red Hanging Knot - Brown Stars / White Eye
- LIFE #5B -- White Cloth - Gold Hanging Knot - Gold "BE PREPARED"
- EAGLE -- Rectangular White Cloth - Cotton Thread - Sea Scout - plain back (3-WHT1)
- EAGLE -- Rectangular White Cloth - Cotton Thread - Sea Scout - starch back (3-WHT2)
- EAGLE -- Rectangular White Cloth - Cotton Thread - Sea Scout - gauze back (3-WHT3)
- EAGLE -- First Oval - "Eagle Scout *Boy Scouts of America" - closed beak - thick neck / knot (4-B) (upgrade)
- EAGLE -- Oval --------- red / white / blue - no knot - no tail below perch - cloth w/ gauze back (5-A2)
- EAGLE -- Oval --------- "Eagle Scout " - twill LEFT - round head - cloth w/ gauze back (6-A1)
- EAGLE -- Oval --------- "Eagle Scout " - no twill - flat head - molded plastic w/ gauze back (6-B3)
- EAGLE -- Oval --------- "Eagle Scout *Boy Scouts of America" - silver mylar eagle and border - smooth plastic gauze back (7-A2)
- EAGLE -- Oval --------- "Eagle Scout
*Boy Scouts of America" - center white stripe has rolled edge
- chemical free plastic w gauze back - closed embroidery - no logo on back (10-G)
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MISC ITEMS |
- Silk woven Turks head design neckerchief slides - need many colors
- Screw back service stars -- 31 -- 32 -- 33 -- 35 or greater
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MEMBERSHIP CARDS |
YOUTH - FOR THE YEAR ENDING:
| - 1970 | - 1979 | - 1987 | - 1988 | - 1989 | |
| - 1990 | - 1991 | -1992 | - 1993 | - 1994 | - 1995 |
| - 1996 | - 1997 | -1998 | - 1999 | - 2000 | - 2001 |
| - 2002 |
ADULT / LEADERS - FOR THE YEAR ENDING:
| - 1914 | - 1915 | - 1916 | - 1921 | - 1922 | |
| - 1924 | - 1931 | - 1954 | - 1988 | ||
| -1989 | - 1990 | - 1993 | - 1998 | - 2000 |
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SCOUTING MAGAZINES |
I need these specific issues
| Year | I Need |
| 1912 | Need all |
| 1913 | May 15, Jun 1, Nov 15, Dec 1, Dec 15 |
| 1914 | Apr 1, May 1, May 15, Jun 1, Jun 15, Jul 1, Jul 15, Aug 1, Aug 15, SEP 1, Sep 15, Oct 1, Oct 15, Nov 1, Nov 15, Dec 1, Dec 15 |
| 1915 |
Need All EXCEPT --- Apr 1 (annual rpt), May 1 (equip catlg), Nov 1 |
| 1916 | Mar 15 |
| 1917 | Mar 15, May 15, |
| 1918 | Feb 1, May 15, Oct 17 |
| 1919 | Jan 23, Mar 13, May 8, Sep 25, Oct 2, Oct 9, Oct 23, Nov 6, Nov 20, Nov 27, Dec 4, Dec 25 |
| 1920 | May (date unkown - No. 10) Jul (date unknown - No. 12) |
| 1921 | Aug, Nov |
| 1922 | Feb, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec |
| 1923 | Jan, Feb, May, Jun, Oct, Nov, Dec |
| 1924 | Jan, Feb, Mar, May, Dec |
| 1925 | Jan, May, Jun, Nov, |
| 1926 | May, Oct, |
| 1927 | Oct, |
| 1944 | Jul |
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CURRENT INSIGNIA WITH "SCOUT STUFF" LOGO ON BACK |
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Beginning in 2002, BSA National Supply started marking the backs of all of their insignia with the "SCOUT STUFF" logo. This insignia was phased in as current stock is depleted. |
SQUARE KNOTS
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RANK
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SEA SCOUT BADGES
ON BLUE
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ON WHITE
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ADULT OFFICE BADGES
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INSIGNIA WITH "BSA 2010" LOGO ON BACK |
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Beginning in 2010, BSA National Supply started marking the backs of their insignia with the "BSA 2010" logo. This insignia was phased in as current stock is depleted. |
SQUARE KNOTS
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ADULT OFFICE PATCHES (I have the green ones - I need others)
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NATIONAL
REGIONAL
/ AREA
COUNCIL
DISTRICT
TROOP
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PACK
OA
2010 COMMISSIONER (1910-2010 - First Class in center)
NEW 2011 COMMISSIONER (no dates - First Class in center)
VARSITY
VENTURING
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INSIGNIA WITH "SINCE 1910" LOGO ON BACK |
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Beginning in 2013, BSA National Supply started marking the backs of their insignia with the "SINCE 1910" logo. This insignia was phased in as current stock is depleted. |
YOUTH OFFICE PATCHES (I have the green ones - I need others)
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ADULT OFFICE PATCHES (I have the green ones - I need others)
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NATIONAL
REGION / AREA
COUNCIL
PROFESSIONAL
DISTRICT
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TROOP
PACK
OA
VARSITY
VENTURING
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Last Updated: February 29, 2020