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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.
- Many National Level Adult Office
Badges especially:
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National Staff - Teens - Purple First
Class, brown eagle on tan cloth
- 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)
- Special National Field Scout Commissioner - gold wreath, purple
background,
silver
eagle & First Class, cut edge (1950's)
- 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 President with hands (1932 - 53)
- National Past President with hand (1932 - 53)
- National Treasurer - 3 inch round - on purple twill
- District Cub Commissioner - 3 inch round - on dark blue twill
- District Cub Commissioner - 3 inch round - on red 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)
- National Venturing President - 3 inch round - on
white
- Regional Venturing President - 3 inch round - on
white
- Area Venturing President - 3 inch round - on white
- Council Venturing President - 3 inch round - on
white
- National Executive Vice-President - 3 inch round -
purple fully embroidered
- Council Executive Board - yellow border
- Scout Executive patch - Teens - white
First Class with gold wreath, gold eagle
- 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
- Asst Patrol Leader on Sand
(fine) Twill
- Bugler
on Sand (fine)
Twill

- Tenderfoot in silver
- Tenderfoot / bugler in
silver
- Tenderfoot / scribe in
silver
- 2nd Class / bugler in
silver

- 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)
- Lifesaving patch - red / white / blue
circle on tan square
- 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 - Tenderfoot
- Scout Achievement Pin - #1 (purple enameling)
- Silver Antelope ribbon bar - gold / white
/ gold
- Silver Antelope lapel ribbon - gold /
white / gold
- Early large 1 3/8"
gold & blue Scout Commissioner hat pin
- Early oval gold & blue
Scout Commissioner oval lapel pin
- Early oval gold &
white Scout Exec oval lapel pin
- 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)
- Scout Forester pin - small
green tree with silver First Class emblem in center
- 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
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BADGE OUTLINE & LETTER COLOR
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EAGLE COLOR
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FIRST CLASS BADGE COLOR
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Asst
Scout Exec
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Squatty
crown - horizontal pin
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gold
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silver
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silver
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red
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Asst
Field Exec/ Asst DE
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Squatty
crown - double screw back
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gold
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gold
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gold
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red
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Asst
Field Exec/ Asst DE
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Squatty
crown - screw back - 4 stars in shield
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gold
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gold
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gold
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red
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Asst
Field Exec/ Asst DE
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Wide
Shoulders
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gold
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gold
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gold
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red
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Asst
Field Exec/ Asst DE
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High
crown - horizontal pin - unsupported back
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gold
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gold
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gold
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red
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Scout
Commissioner
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Squatty
crown - double screw back
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silver
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silver
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silver
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blue
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Asst
Deputy Commissioner
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Squatty
crown - horizontal pin
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gold
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silver
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gold
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blue
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Asst
Deputy Commissioner
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Wide
Shoulders
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gold
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silver
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gold
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blue
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Neighborhood
Commissioner
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Squatty
crown - screw back - 4 stars in shield
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gold
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gold
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gold
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blue
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Neighborhood
Commissioner
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Squatty
crown - screw back - 5 stars in shield
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gold
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gold
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gold
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blue
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- Lone Scout - 6 month -
BRONZE year bar with SOLID back (not stamped)
- LSD / BSA patch c/e
- LSD / BSA Square
Neckerchief
- LSS / BSA Square
Neckerchief
- 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
- Lone Scout Ax
- Misc LSA / LSD paper etc.
- 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
- 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
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) |
- 1911 - 1912 - 1914 - 1982 - 1984 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 -
1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998
- Many official BSA Patrol
Ribbons
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Alligator .........
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gray /
green
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Mongoose ..…..
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brown /
orange
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Antelope .......
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khaki /
green
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Moose .....….....
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white /
gray
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Cat ................
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gray /
brown
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Pelican .....…....
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gray /
violet
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Cobra
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black
/ orange
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Raven .......…...
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black
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Cuckoo ....…..
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gray
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Rhinoceros .....
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khaki /
orange
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Hawk .........…
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pink
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Whippoorwill ....
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khaki /
gray
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Hippo ......…...
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pink /
black
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Wood
Pigeon ...
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blue /
gray
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Hound .…...…
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orange
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Jackal ..…......
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gray /
black
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Kangaroo ......
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red / gray
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- Most Square Felt Patrol
Medallions
- Felt Patrol Medallions - NO
BSA
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no picture available
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no picture available
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COVERED
WAGON
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DAN BEARD
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HIPPO
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LARK
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PEACOCK
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RHINO
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- Felt Patrol Medallions -
BSA - SOLID BLACK THREADS on back
side of outer ring.
- AMERICAN
BISON
- BOBCAT ---------
[Unconfirmed]
- CROW
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- Felt Patrol Medallions -
BSA - BLACK and WHITE THREADS on
back side of outer ring.
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- RHINOCEROS
- WILD BOAR
- WOOD
PIGEON
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- Red and Black Twill Patrol Medallions -
BSA - Red Rubber Back
- CAT --------------
[Unconfirmed]
- CONDOR
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- PEDRO ----
[Unconfirmed]
- ROADRUNNER
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- Red and Black Twill Patrol Medallions -
BSA - Clear Plastic Back
- CAT
- COVERED WAGON
- CUCKOO
- DAN BEARD
- DUCK
- HORSE
- LION
- PAUL BUNYAN -
[Unconfirmed]
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- PELICAN ---------
[Unconfirmed]
- PORCUPINE --
[Unconfirmed]
- ROCKET ---------
[Unconfirmed]
- SEA GULL ------
[Unconfirmed]
- SQUIRREL -----
[Unconfirmed]
- WHIPPOORWILL
[Unconfirmed]
- WOODPECKER [Unconfirmed]
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- WWI Livingstone medal (boy kneeling with
sword)
- Misc BSA / WAR paper items
- WHAT DO
YOU HAVE ? -- I am especially looking for:
- Knights of Dunimas ring
- Early rings with STAMPED 1st class on face
- Philmont ring with bar 'S' - hand made

- Early Sea Scout Badges on
khaki
- Sea Scout Officer round
badges
- Sea Scout Billet Marks
- Quartermaster medal with
diagonal stripe on ribbon - if exists ???
- Quartermaster medal with "cut
out" carret knot pin (1990's)
- Sea Scout Khaki uniform
- Sea Scout Veterans Badges
on Blue - 10yr -- 20yr -- 25yr
- Sea Scout Veterans Badges
on White - 10yr -- 20yr -- 25y
- Large metal 2 1/4"
Sea Scout hat pin
- Large metal 2 1/4"
SKIPPER'S hat pin (Sea Scout badge w/ rope design)
- Booklet - 'Cruising For
Sea Scouts'
- Booklet - 'BSA Nautical
Scouting - 1915'
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CONTEST
MEDALS / RIBBON BARS |
- Pre-1928 scalloped
contest medals
- Swimming (bronze) (gold)
- Many Ribbon Bar pins
- Octagon shape medals
with the following titles:
- Bridge
Building
(silver)
(gold)
- Canoeing
(bronze) (silver)
(gold)
- Field
(bronze) (silver)
(gold)
- Knife
& Axe
(bronze)
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- Tent
Pitching
(gold)
- Tower
Building
(bronze) (silver)
(gold)
- Track
(silver)
- Wall
Scaling
(silver) (gold)
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- BSA metal Troop # - bent
pin
-- 3 -- 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
-- 3 -- 7 -- 8 -- 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
- Beef Production (with out
Horns)
- Cotton Farming
- Invention
- Physical Development (with
Extended Thumb) - (UPGRADE)
- Pigeon Raising
- Seamanship (with Black
Anchor)
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WIDE
CRIMPED MERIT BADGES |
- Archery
- Architecture
- Bee Keeping (4
Leg)
- Beef Production
- Blacksmithing
- Citrus Fruit
Culture
- Conservation
- Corn Farming
- Cotton Farming
- Farm Mechanics
- Farm Records
- Forestry
- Foundry Practice
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- Gardening
- Hog Production
- Horsemanship
- Insect Life
- Interpreting
- Landscape
Gardening
- Mining
- Pottery
- Radio
- Sculpture
- Sheep Farming
- Soil Management
- Stalking
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- Aerodynamics (Wing w/ 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 |
- American Cultures
- Architecture
- Art
- Atomic Energy (no nucleus)
- Automotive Safety
- Aviation (no pilot)
- Food Systems
- Journalism
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- Machinery
- Metal Work
- Painting
- Photography
- Plumbing
- Rabbit Raising
- Salesmanship
- Sculpture
- Weather
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- 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 - Brown "BE PREPARED" - Scroll has brown
tips
- LIFE #1D -- Tan Cloth - Small Round gold
knot inside of heart - 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"
- Silk woven Turks head design neckerchief slides - need many colors
- Screw back service stars
-- 31 -- 32 -- 33 -- 35 or greater
YOUTH - FOR THE YEAR ENDING:
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- 1987 |
- 1988 |
- 1989 |
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- 1991 |
-1992 |
- 1993 |
- 1994 |
- 1995 |
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- 1997 |
-1998 |
- 1999 |
- 2000 |
- 2001 |
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ADULT / LEADERS - FOR THE YEAR ENDING:
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- 1915 |
- 1916 |
- 1921 |
- 1922 |
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- 1931 |
- 1954 |
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- 1988 |
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- 1990 |
- 1993 |
- 1998 |
- 2000 |
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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 is being phased in as current stock is depleted. |
SQUARE KNOTS
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SPURGEON AWARD
(gold
knot & border on dark green)
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VELA LA PENA AWARD (Hispanic)
(gold / gray knot, red border on red )
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MERIT BADGES
VARSITY TEAM BADGES
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Team Committee Chairman
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Team Committee
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ADULT OFFICE BADGES
Last Updated: May 06, 2008
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