Re: adults wearing the eagle medal
Bruce E. Cobern (bec@PIPELINE.COM)
Sat, 9 Jan 1999 10:46:21 -0500
At 01:13 PM 1/8/99 -0600, Jim Peterson wrote:
> According to the insignia guide, 1996 printing, page 22
>
> "Eagle Award, silver medal suspended from scroll, No. 00135;
>sterling silver, No. 00112; Boy Scout. Adults wear only on formal or dress
>occasions."
Except that the wording has been changed in the 1997-99 edition to read:
"Adults wear only on formal Eagle occasions."
I believe, in theory, unless the banquet was somehow an Eagle banquet, under
the current rules it would have been inappropriate for the medal to be worn.
But, so what?
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Bruce E. Cobern
mailto:bec@pipeline.com
