Badge, Merit

Object/Artifact

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Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Badge, Merit

Entry/Object ID

9.97.13

Description

Fleur-de-lis. Material: textile. Size: 2 3/8" diameter. Description: white heavy cotton disk with a red five-petal flower, gold colored fleur-de-lis on a white center background; black stitched letters and numerals on petals: "B.P", "1907", "1957", "1857"57, 1857" - white ribbon loop at top - black handwritten note on back: "Zeke Davis Troop A1".

Context

Organization: Boy Scouts of America. Part of a larger collection that includes the Boy Scout shirt and medals attached to it, neckerchief, slide, and merit badge sash (#9.97.1-13); worn around button of right breast pocket & under the flap, possibly a swapped patch from the European jamboree. "B.P." stands for Baden Powell who started scouting.

Cataloged By

pauline

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Badge, Merit

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Award

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Achievement Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

August 14, 1997

Update Date

November 21, 2024