[skerbow]

I have three badges.

My badge was a suprise to me. I ordered the plain glad bade with guard. The guard connects to the bottom. (I have not bought my dangles yet, but my badge won't be complete until I do. So one day I will fill the guard.)I was not aware that white gold was an option. My parents contact the "Alpha Mom" (this was before NMC) and upgraded it to pearls with 4 blue saphire points. It is beautiful. I have pinned every one of my littles (2) and 3 of my grandlittles with my pin.

When I turned 20, 2 years into ADPi, i found out my great-aunt was an adpi from Georgia Tech in 1936. Having no legacies of her own, she sent me the best bday gift I have ever gotten, her badge. It is beautiful. It is smaller than mine. It doesn't have the raised hands and the stars are cut out. It has gorgeous opals all the way around the badge. Opals are not offered anymore to my knowledge. I actually end up wearing this one more than my own.

Just this past month, my boyfriend heard me venting about pins on ebay and decided to rescue one for me. So now i have a plain gold badge from he same time period as my great-aunts. It too is smaller and has the cut stars and flat hands. It came with a guard that connects on one side.