DSK, when did ribbons start?

naraht · #1 09-22-2009, 09:43 AM

Does anyone know when the DSKs started coming on colored ribbons as opposed to being on chains?

emb021 · #2 09-22-2009, 02:06 PM

AFAIK, they never came on chains.

Chapter keys came in 3 versions originally: 24c gold, gold kase, and sterling silver. This was in 1948. Not sure when they came out on a ribbon as a proper "DSK". My data says this occured between 1954-66, but not sure when.

AFAIK, Nat-DSK was on a ribbon from day one of that award. As the Section, Region, and Nat-Alum DSKs came later, they probably all came on ribbons when they were rolled out.

These are when these keys came out:

Nat DSK- 1956
Section DSK- 1976
Regional DSK- do not know (regions established in 1967)
Nat Alum DSK- 1978
Local Alum Assoc DSK- 2008

naraht · #3 09-22-2009, 02:15 PM

OK, then maybe the ribbon broke on what's being sold on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Alpha-Phi-Omega-...d=p3286.c0.m14

wierd. (I'm already bidding on it)

emb021 · #4 09-22-2009, 03:18 PM

OR it was removed from the ribbon.

OR this is a chapter key that the chapter (or the reciever) put on the tie clasp chain.

I have seen 'loose' Chapter DSKs/Keys appear on eBay. I got a sterling silver one late last year.

naraht · #5 09-22-2009, 03:33 PM

That's what the goofy chain is....

Hmm. I'll have to look if I win it.