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1936 Junior Leader’s Training Course…Consider Yourself Americanized!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on October 12, 2010|

A good friend and scout memorabilia collector, Mike S. passed along the following images. First is a certificate of completion for a Junior Leader’s Training Course held at Camp Naish on June 11-13, 1936.  He picked the item up from an online auction site with the accompanying felt patch shown below.  The certificate is signed by Earle Berhend, Instructor and early figure in Camp Naish history.   Both the certificate and patch are in great condition.  Nice find, Mike.  Thanks for sharing!

Note:  I’ve heard a similar patch was made in 1934, but haven’t seen an image…keep your eyes peeled!

1936 Junior Leader Training Certificate

1936 Felt Junior Leader Training Patch

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A Fake?

Posted in Fake, Heart of America Council, Mic-O-Say, Uncategorized, tagged , on October 5, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Two piece sets have become commonplace with OA issues for national events (NOAC and Jamboree).  They typically include a lodge flap and a lower chevron that continues the flap design.  Some lodges get pretty clever with their designs, you can do a search on eBay and turn up a variety of examples.  Tamegonit Lodge/Tribe of Mic-O-Say/Heart of America council have jointly produced two sets for recent National Jamborees (2001 and 2005).  In the case of the 2001 set, a fake of the lower chevron has surfaced.  Pictured below are the two patches.  The one on the left is the original, while the one on the right is the fake. 

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The easiest way to tell the difference is by looking at the Mic-O-Say claws on the left hand side of the patch.  The original patch has black claws, while the fake has silver-mylar claws. 

The fakes show up on eBay fairly regularly, keep an eye out.  There are no apparent differences between the companion OA flap and the flap commonly sold with the fake chevron.

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1941 Boy Scout Round Up

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on September 28, 2010|

Here’s an interesting flea market find:  a 1941 Boy Scout Round Up neckerchief from Kansas City.  According to “Trail to Eagle:  Six Decades of Scouting in Kansas City 1910-1970,”  Kansas City began hosting annual Boy Scout Round Ups in 1912.  The book states that it was an indoor event intended to showcase Boy Scout skills (pioneering, first aid, firebuilding, etc.) and that the Kansas City event was the first of its kind held indoors. 

The neckerchief is a standard-issue Boy Scout neckerchief with a stencil/block print on top.  It could have been made on site and available to the boys or possibly made by a troop to wear during the event.  I’ve never seen an item similar to this but would enjoy seeing a picture of yours if you have one.

1941 Kansas City Boy Scout Round Up

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Felt Diamond Follow Up

Posted in Kaw Council, Naish, Uncategorized, tagged , , , on September 7, 2010| Leave a Comment »

A couple of weeks ago I posted about the early felt diamond patches used for Camp Naish.  In gathering images for that post, I found two different types for 1940.  As shown below, there is a navy blue version with yellow text and a blue/grey version with red text.

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Considering there are very few of these known to exist, it is remarkable that there are two different versions from one year.  If you have any information about these patches, please contact me.

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Kansas Sea Scouting

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on August 27, 2010|

A while back I posted about the S.S.S. Kansan and its success in the national flagship competitions in the early 1930s.  Mike Erickson over at scoutingkansas.org, has more information about the ship and its Skipper, Dr. William C. Menninger.  It is an interesting read with images of some of the early Sea Scout manuals for Skippers. Check it out!

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New Kansas Scouting History/Memorabilia Website

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 25, 2010|

I just got an email from a friend and Kansas scouting memorabilia collector/historian, Mike Erickson, about his new website, Scouting History: Kansas and More. Check out his site for images of the 2010 100th Anniversary/Jamboree issues from some of the other councils and lodges serving Kansas:

  • Quivira Council / Kansa Lodge 198
  • Jayhawk Council / Dzie-Hauk Tonga Lodge 429
  • Santa Fe Trail Council / Mandan Lodge 372
  • Coronado Area Council / Kidi Kidish Lodge 434

Mike also plans to expand the site to include information about Kansas Boy Scout Camps and Section Conclaves. 

Way to go, Mike!

http://scoutingkansas.org

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Camp Naish – BSA 100th Anniversary Patches

Posted in Heart of America Council, Naish, Tamegonit, Uncategorized, tagged , , on August 24, 2010|

Big thanks again to Matt Perryn for sending along a scan of the patches available at Camp Naish this summer to commemorate the BSA 100th Anniversary.  As shown below, there was a central patch and several different strips available for a variety of participants.  Matt tells me there is also a “Staff” bar, but we haven’t been able to turn up an image of it.  If you have one, please pass it along.

 

Additionally, a 100th Anniversary rocker was given to Boy Scouts attending summer camp at Naish.  Thanks to my neighbors across the street, I was able to get one. Here’s a picture:

Finally, here are two belt buckles sent along by Matt that were available this summer at the trading post at Camp Naish: one for Camp and one for Tamegonit Lodge.

Camp Naish BSA 100 Anniversary Belt Buckle

Tamegonit Lodge BSA 100th Anniversary Belt Buckle

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Tamegonit Lodge – BSA 100th Anniversary Flap

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on August 5, 2010|

In addition to the Jamboree 2-piece set I posted two weeks ago, Tamegonit Lodge has also issued a 100th anniversary flap.  The design is similar to the ubiquitous S-13 and S-45 flaps with the subtle addition of “100th” surrounding the fleur-de-lis.  From what I understand, these are available at the Camp Naish trading post, which is generally open on the weekends now that the summer camping season is coming to a close.  Thanks to Matt Perryn for the scan!

Tamegonit Lodge - BSA 100th Anniversary Flap

 Note:  The background color looks almost looks black  in the scan, but it is actually dark green.

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Heart of America Council – 2010 Jamboree Issues

Posted in Heart of America Council, Jamboree, Uncategorized, tagged , , , on July 20, 2010|

Thanks to my neighbor across the street, Todd, I was able to pick up one of the new 2-piece sets issued by Heart of America Council to commemorate the 2010 National Jamboree which kicks off on July 24.  Here’s a scan of the patch:

There are also CSPs issued by the council and a 100th Anniversary flap issued by Tamegonit Lodge.  I’ll post scans of those as well, once I track them down.

UPDATE – Thanks to reader, Matt Perryn, I have scans of the 100th Anniversary CSPs and JSPs.  There are seven total from Heart of America Council:

Black Border - Standard 100th Anniversary CSP

Blue Border - Jamboree Troop 1131

Orange Border - Jamboree Troop 1132

Green Border - Jamboree Troop 1133

Red Border - Jamboree Troop 1134

Silver Border - Jamboree Staff

Gold Border - Council VIP

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Old Uniforms with Camp Naish Patches

Posted in Kaw Council, Naish, Uncategorized, tagged , , on June 8, 2010|

As a collector, I have always been interested in seeing the early uniforms with patches and activity badges.  Up this week is a unique example of a uniform from the 1940s.  If each bar is represents one year returning to camp, this camper started camping at Naish in 1941 (if you assume the Daniel Boone patch also represents one year at camp) and camped through 1947. 

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But wait!  The uniform was procured on eBay and when the winner opened the package, he inspected the pockets and found two more rockers, a 1948 and a 1949, that were not sewn to the shirt!

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A fine example of a long-time camper from Camp Naish.  Unfortunately, there wasn’t any identifying information included with the shirt.  No doubt, this was a scout or scouter with a lot of stories to tell.

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