LXA came out with a plain Badge for @ 10.00. The thought was that every member could have a Badge.

Well it was an idea.

My Badge is white gold, pearls in the Cresent (8) and 11 saphires in the Lambda.

Yellow gold is the standard,(white Gold extra). A variety of gems in the Lambda.

I have many Badges that I have bought off of ebay to resell to the chapter members at my cost.
I also have one that is yellow gold, 9 rubys and 3 diamonds at the points of the Lambda. Heck the Guard cost me 85.00 to add to that Badge. This was from a Brother at U. Memphis who I wish I could find again!

Our Badges range from the Basic of 10.00 to 220.00 depending on the gems and with or with out Diamonds.

I also own a TKN Badge that merged with LXA in 1939 that has 7 Diamonds in it! Cost me 468.00, Will go to the Chapter upon my demise.

While I do not have a chance to wear My Badge Often, I am always proud to display it when I can!

I wish more undergrads would show their colors, letters, and Badges on campus! That to me shows that you are proud of your Organization!

Why wear beer, racing, shoe, football teams shirts?

Be proud of who you are and who you are with!!

I've seen a HUGE variety in ADPi pins. They all have the same black enamel diamond as in 1851, but from there, the sky's the limit. Lindz has the plain one, most of my chapter has pearls along the edges, I have one with "jeweled points" (in my case, a sapphire at each of the 4 points, but you can have literally any type of gem), every other (alternating pearls & gemstones), or opals instead of pearls. The guard can be plain (mine), engraved, or with pearls and/jewels. White gold is MUCH more expensive. National Officers may wear a diamond badge (diamonds instead of pearls), and our Grand President Eremitus has a double row of diamonds.

In many chapters, one orders her pin by her "family" - if her big/diamond sister has just pearls, she gets pearls, etc.

I also have a pearl pin (I bought from a sister who sold it), and a pearl with ruby points pin that was made into a ring.

honeychile

Ours all look the same. If you get gold plated, it's $45.00. If you get 10k, it's I think $75.00.

*blush*

It's been a while since I ordered my pin. When I did, the white gold was double the price of the yellow gold. I may have been mistaken about the national officers, too - but Maxine Blake does have a double row of diamonds, and it is AWESOME!

I have seen the points in almost any stone, not just the blue (rubies, emeralds, topaz, garnets & that pink stone). My initiation pin is identical to yours, Chloe! :)

honeychile

As DWAlpha Gam said, AGDs can choose from a variety, starting with the plain badge to all diamonds. I think that the "standard" these days is for initiates to order the "plain" badge. When I was initiated many moons ago, everyone ordered the one with 14 pearls and a chapter guard. My Pledge Trainer (now New Member Coordinator) had only achieved 13 pearls so she made sure all achieved that 14th pearl.

I now wear my badge, guard and Arc of Epsilon Pi (fraternity award) on the pendant necklace. Right before the school year started, I ordered a plain badge to wear sometimes (or lend to a collegiate when they forget their's at Pref, lol).

This is a dumb question... but can you order another ADPi pin? When I went through as an alumna, I only got the less-expensive black enamel pin. Now, going to chapter activities, I see that some of the sisters did pony up the cash for the jeweled pins, and they look sooooooo beautiful! So do you just call up Nationals and order a new one, or what?

Not that I'm going to do it this week or anything-- I'm thinking I'll get graduated and get involved in my local alum association first, but I want to save up the money slowly if I'm going to do it right!

You can order a new pin, Kate. The form is on Pride Online.

I bought my second pin (yellow gold with pearls) from a sister who needed the money. I offered to let her buy it back, but she never took me up on it. I have lent it to new initiates, when there were more new initiates than actives. The other pin I have (yellow gold, ruby points) was already made into a ring. I got it on ebay. If you're really interested in another pin, I'd check there, and watch the prices. Some go even higher than buying them through EO, while others are real bargains! Good luck, Kate!

honeychile

Re: Your organizations pin
 

Ours included in the initiation fee (the standard one), but we also have some varieties. The president's badge:
http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL53/8...3/17467632.jpg

Credit to Ariesrising: she collected the pics of every GLO pins:
http://www.geocities.com/ariesrising3/greek/pins.html