I looked in the box where I keep my Badge and it's gone and I am really upset

I tried to think back to the last time I wore it and it was at an alumnae chapter brunch at a country club. I changed out of pin attire in the ladies room afterward (so I'd be comfy for a long drive home) and I think I may have left my badge on the counter. It's probably been sold on eBay by now - ugh!
Trying to look on the bright side, I can get a new one and I can now afford the 10K gold with a real diamond and the pearl chapter guard. But what I really want is the goldklad badge with the cz and plain guard I've been wearing since 1986. I am beyond sad...
Have any of you lost possession of your original Badge for whatever reason? What happened? Did you end up replacing it? Maybe I won't feel so rotten if I know this happened to someone else.