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In our chapter everyone had pearled badges. I didn' t know that a plain badge was an option until years later. We could choose plain, chased, or pearl guards. (I got chased and always wished I had chosen pearl, though I got my Arc so long ago that the guard's been in the jewelry box longer than it was on the badge.)
Our chapter had a tradition of recognizing the senior with the highest GPA by replacing the center pearl with a diamond.
BTW, there is a real difference in weight between older badges and newer ones. The actual letters are thicker. (At least in AGD badges, and I presume in others.) That was pointed out to me about 15 years ago, to help you define "older" and "newer."
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