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Title: This is not exactly Antique but (it's a badge & old)....
Post by: xmelax38 on October 07, 2012, 06:21:19 PM: I know I posted a previous question but since this one is way off topic I thought I would try here. I hope that although it is not antique, that you don't mind me posting it here anyway (it's vintage).

I have a BSA 1941 Red Felt Badge. I have googled and googled away and cannot find one like it. I also have another felt badge that I do not know the age of (it has George Washington Kneeling). I hope someone here has some experience with old scout badges or knowledge of them. I wondered if you might have some information on them and perhaps and idea if they are worth anything. I know some badges alone are worth a bundle. I am saving most of them for my son, because he has been in Boy Scouts for quite awhile and so far is going to continue until he graduates. ???

(http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu247/jellymel36/011.jpg)

Thanks ahead of time. :-[ :)
Title: Re: This is not exactly Antique but (it's a badge & old)....
Post by: bigwull on October 08, 2012, 01:34:12 AM: Here,s a similar one to your round-up...just a different location and colour...apart from these minor things..i,d say that is the same but different...as we say over here...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FELT-1948-VINTAGE-CHICAGO-ILLINOIS-COUNCIL-B-S-A-BOY-SCOUT-ROUND-UP-PATCH-/400317748038?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d34cc1346
Title: Re: This is not exactly Antique but (it's a badge & old)....
Post by: bigwull on October 08, 2012, 01:45:06 AM: i think i,m on the right track...found this, from 1910
Title: Re: This is not exactly Antique but (it's a badge & old)....
Post by: xmelax38 on October 08, 2012, 10:29:57 AM: Yes, thank you!!!! :) :) I appreciate your help! We are bidding on some really old antiques this week and I hope we win them. Not sure that we have a chance though. Most of the time we don't look stuff up beforehand, but I am sure others do before they bid, so we probably won't have a chance. We are trying to get some nice antiques for our living room. It is a big change from what it used to look like (all Steelers stuff, ha ha).
Title: Re: This is not exactly Antique but (it's a badge & old)....
Post by: rockandrollrods on October 08, 2012, 06:32:51 PM: What is the diameter of the first aid badge? It's not a merit badge since they never had dates on them. If my thinking is correct, it could have been worn by a scout medic at the camp. We Boy Scouts love to put dates on all of our patches. That way, when we get lost in the woods, we can use our uniforms to show just how long we were lost. :D
Title: Re: This is not exactly Antique but (it's a badge & old)....
Post by: xmelax38 on October 08, 2012, 07:19:14 PM: 2 1/2 inches is what I measured. :)
Title: Re: This is not exactly Antique but (it's a badge & old)....
Post by: rockandrollrods on October 08, 2012, 07:21:26 PM: Not a merit badge then. Most likely an insignia for a staff worker.
Title: Re: This is not exactly Antique but (it's a badge & old)....
Post by: xmelax38 on October 08, 2012, 08:05:40 PM: Quote from: rockandrollrods on October 08, 2012, 07:21:26 PM
Not a merit badge then. Most likely an insignia for a staff worker.

Oh okay. Thank you, it is a big help. We were very unsure of what it was.