Collectors of Tamegonit Lodge memorobilia are familiar with the NOAC back patches used for contingent members in 1986 and 1988, but did you know there were actually jackets that accompanied the patches? According to members of the contingents, each contingent member could purchase one of the loose patches and also had the opportunity to purchase a nylon jacket with the patch (gasp!) sewn to the back. Following are scans of the unsewn patches. According to Tamegonit Lodge, The First Fifty Years, 96 of the 1986 back patch were made and 103 of the 1988 back patch were made. It is unclear how many of the patches were sewn to jackets.
1986 NOAC Back Patch
1988 NOAC Back Patch
Here’s an image of both jackets which belong to contingent member and former lodge advisor, Kirk Doan.
NOAC back patches sewn to contingent jackets
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