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Re: MEDALS?
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Fri, 31 Jul 1998 16:01:21 +0000
William Grimes <persianblue@JUNO.COM> asked:
>We were recently going through some of my Mother in law's things
>(She passed away in May) and we found three Boy Scout medallions.
>They are on royal blue ribbons, and are octagonal.
Saw medals similar to those at one of the NOAC tradeorees yesterday
and the day before!
>two of them are bronze and one is gold, on the face of them there
>is an image of the first class badge (no border), on the back is a
>small circle with the fdl in the center, circled with the words
>Boy Scouts of America headquarters New York City.
I was told they are contest medals, and the current "value" of them
are between $10 and $30 a piece, depending on how good they have
been "held up" over the years. The BSA changed the design to the
present red and white and blue and gold ribboned medals somewhere
around the early 60s.
Hope this helps out!
Settummanque!
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