badge and pin

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human history

Boy Scout badges: ' For Merit' and lapel pin badge

Scout badges that belonged to Lt Col. Percival Clennell Fenwick, Dominion Chief Commander Boy Scouts Association, circa 1929.

.1 Boy Scout Merit badge

circular gold badge; fixed loop suspension with ring above and small suspension loop at lower edge, with short length of stranded wire attached

obverse: Boy Scout fleur de lis emblem inside laurel wreath; on either side of the fleur de list the words FOR / MERIT; base scroll with scout motto: BE PREPARED

reverse: plain, with maker's mark

markings: reverse: maker's name: J.A. WYLIE & CO / LONDON

.2 Boy Scout [Commander's] lapel badge or hat pin

[gilt] and enamel stick pin badge

form: Boy Scout fleur de lis emblem in green enamel; at centre the letter C, with a star on either side; stick pin attached verso

Whakahounga o Mua: 22 Aug 2024
Ingoa Kē

Boy Scout Merit Badge, and [Commissioner] Hat Pin or Lapel Badge (descriptive name)

Percival Clennell Fenwick (NZ Scouts Dominion President from 1929) (associated name)

Rā Tāpiringa

Unknown

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

2004x2.16 (temporary accession number)

Rūma Whakaatu

Pou Maumahara

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badge and pin 2004x2.16 © Auckland Museum CC BY
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