OA Images hidden features

  This post is being directly copied from John Pannell's site oaimages.com from the blog site.   There's a few features on OAImages that appear that are, to varying degrees, hidden to some users Most of these can be found fairly easily. One has been deliberately hidden as I still consider it a ?beta? page, a work in progress, and...Read More

Oaimages.com Blogs

  A little known area on john's site is his blogs. Some are quite interesting and many are informative as he has guest writers from other areas of the country providing him with scans and information on new issues. I myself try and keep him updated on the South Carolina issues as i am aware of them. john always welcomes...Read More

OA Wichita Lodge #35 R4

  OA Wichita Lodge #35 R4, Northwest Texas Council - Mint   Copied from seller*   A very rare and obscure issue used in the 1950's for Wichita Lodge #35 Arrowmen working toward Brotherhood membership in the Order Of The Arrow. Based on historical information for this patch, there were approximately 20 of them made. They were issued to Ordeal...Read More

World Jamboree Flaps?

2007 World Scout Jamboree Order of the Arrow Flaps While searching the web i found a blog for a World Jamboree collectors site and saw a Flap issued by a Lodge which made the Ole Light Bulb Glow!   How many lodges made flaps for the World Jamboree???   To my surprise there were more made than i had figured....Read More

A Better Way To Honor Someone Than A Patch!

  As usual I was looking about the web searching for unusal items to post here on the blanket and came across this intresting piece on John Pannel's site oaimages.com in the blog section.   copied from oaimages*   A while back I was carrying on here, as is my wont, about special issue low run...Read More

scouting books

this seller has gone off the deep in in their pricing off some very common handbooks. this one from jamboree: http://cgi.ebay.com/Boy-Scout-Ephemera_W0QQitemZ180170382462QQihZ008QQcategoryZ13887QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem and a pair of scout handbooks: http://cgi.ebay.com/A-pair-of-Boy-Scout-Ephemera_W0QQitemZ180170385904QQihZ008QQcategoryZ13887QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Admiral Byrd’s Silver Buffalo

*Following text copied from seller of the item*   See the scans. This is an exceptionally rare example of an awarded 1920's Boy Scouts of America Silver Buffalo medal to a famous American, Admiral Richard Byrd, Medal of Honor recipient, aviator, polar explorer and one of the most well-known men of his time. This is the earliest version of the...Read More

National OA Bans 3-Flap System!

  This policy was voted on in May by the National OA Committee. It was finally released recently in a program update to all Scout execs, and OA leadership. I have emailed both my section adviser and the Southern Region OA Chairman to confirm this news and both of them did. The intent is to ban all flaps designating honors...Read More

Boy Scouts 100 years old today!!!

  Scouting - 100 Years Old in 2007   There are more than 28 million Scouts, young people and adults, male and female, in 216 countries and territories. Some 300 million people have been Scouts, including prominent people in every field.   This is impressive considering that Scouting began with 20 boys and an experimental camp in 1907. It was...Read More

A $40,000+ Merit Badge…Are you kidding me!

Well this one is technically a "proficiency badge" but I believe that is the UK equivalent of our USA merit badges. This one has to have a back story which I wish I knew. If Anybody out there knows the history on this badge please post a response.   1934-37 UK Scout Proficiency Badge Oarsman $43,822 (US dollars) By the...Read More

How are the Key-3 of Scout memorabilia dealers on eBay doing?

  As someone who sells a little on eBay I have always enjoyed keeping an eye on the big fish in the collecting hobby and as far as patch dealers on eBay you could arguably say that the "Key-3" of our hobby on eBay are The Scout Patch Auction, Brush Creek Trading, and Streamwood. All three of these dealers now...Read More

New BSA Policy on Official Emblems

  I'm sure somebody has written about this on Patch-L and can pull up a direct quote from some national memorandum. But if not or if you haven't heard this let me throw it out there.   At my recent Spring Fellowship we once again did not have our new batch of vigil flaps. This time the explanation given was...Read More

Patch Blogs

  I've been reading some of the recent entries on patch blogs on the net. Although some of them are specific to a certain area you might be interested in reading them and responding similar to how people do on this site.   Here are some of the ones I found from oaimages:   OAImages.com Blog   New York OA...Read More

Santee Lodge Patch News

For the Dixie guys I thought I'd give you an update on the recent flap happenings in the land of the extinct parakeets also known as Santee 116.   Our 2006 NOAC flap (200 made) were sold at 2007 Winter Banquet (for the first time) and sold out at the 2007 Spring Fellowship. At the banquet they were limited to...Read More

Breast Cancer Flap!?

  View this unusal flap for a great cause   http://www.oaimages.com/cgi-bin/buildpage.cgi?pp=341b&dd=3&ii=4270   Sometimes patches are issued for rather unusual reasons. Some of these reasons are intersting, trivial, or silly. Ocassionally patches are issued for personal and charitable reasons. I was recently made aware of one of these.   Japeechen 341 has issued a flap for breast cancer awareness. There is...Read More

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