mcellpe
This is no way slamming collectors!
Yes, LXA has a policy in place for Badges.. It happens, Badges are put out for bids.
Most if any INTERNATIONALS or Nationals can afford to either buy them or bid for them.
As I have stated, The Collectors that I know reveare BADGES as a thing of beauty and keep them in better shape than the original owner.
For the fire brand new Members who even have Badges, ask some of your long lost Alums if they have theirs or know where they are? Oh, try what their Initation #s are.
I know many of My Brothers who over the years have lost them!
I have sold one to a Brother in the same situation, and I have donated Badges for an Auction of My Chapter.
Some I hold special for the Memebers who owned them.
When I die, it is all going back to either My Chapter or IHQ. But, it is still within My Fraternity. That is just me!