There were some great K.C. Area items on eBay last week. A source tells me that these items were part of an estate located near 95th and Mission. The seller has items from a father and son who were both involved in Boy Scouts in their youth. There are quite a few paper items connected to these two Scouts on eBay currently. Here’s a quick rundown of the two highlights from last week…if you click on the photos below, it will bring up a PDF of the auction listing with pictures.
The first auction to go was a big one…the lot included 12 patches from the 1920s which included some decent non-KC area items: a patrol leader patch with felt bars, an early star badge, Troop 10 felt numeral, and an early version of Mining Merit Badge. The more exciting items were the Camp Dan Sayre (used by Kansas City Council in the early 1920s, located near Noel, Missouri) felts. These included: the 1928 and 1929 camper felts, a 1929 Honor Troop felt. Also, the lot included a 1943 Camp Osceola triangle. For more images of Osceola/Dan Sayre felts click here. The other interesting items were the four felt “10” diamonds. I have not seen those before, but my guess is that they have something to do with Troop 10. Bidding got pretty heated towards the end of the auction, with the final bidding going over $2,500!
Collection of Troop 10 and Camp Dan Sayre Felts
False Sleeve with Merit Badges and 4M Felts
It is great to see these items come up on eBay…they also introduce new questions to be answered…I take it they didn’t blog about their patches back in the 1920s? As always, if you have any information or something similar to these items, please drop me a line.
