NPC Badge Question?

Drolefille · #1 10-12-2006, 09:52 PM

This is the SK badge on pendant

And the TriDelta badge on pendant

And the TriDelta pendant with shinies

Does anyone recall who makes the diamond Triangle for Sigma Kappa. Looks a lot like the above except solid, not outlined. I didn't see it at HJGreek.com

Oh and I found the Tri Delta ring, but it doesn't show it with the badge

DolphinChicaDDD · #2 10-12-2006, 10:12 PM

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Oh and I found the Tri Delta ring, but it doesn't show it with the badge

I love the badge on a ring. Except I already have mine soderd(so off on the spelling, but anyway) to my Trident. I keep trying to bid on another badge on ebay, so that I can have that one made into a ring (and still keep it within the Fraternity) but it keeps going out of my price range.

I LOVE the Delta Diamond, but doubt I'll be getting that anytime soon either.

PhoenixAzul · #3 10-12-2006, 10:15 PM

Ye know, I guess I have a very poor idea of how large these badges really are! I guess it is because I've only ever seen an Alpha Xi quill and a Phi Tau badge in person and they were of a fair size (both antique). But I'm shocked by the "scale" of them when sellers compare them to pennies on e-bay...I don't know why I was envisioning them being quite a bit larger.

AUDeltaGam · #4 10-12-2006, 10:21 PM

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Ye know, I guess I have a very poor idea of how large these badges really are! I guess it is because I've only ever seen an Alpha Xi quill and a Phi Tau badge in person and they were of a fair size (both antique). But I'm shocked by the "scale" of them when sellers compare them to pennies on e-bay...I don't know why I was envisioning them being quite a bit larger.

It is hard to judge the size of the badges in pictures...they generally are smaller than people think they would be. I know the DG badge is the same height as a dime (I just measured it

)

AChiOhSnap · #5 10-12-2006, 10:26 PM

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Ye know, I guess I have a very poor idea of how large these badges really are! I guess it is because I've only ever seen an Alpha Xi quill and a Phi Tau badge in person and they were of a fair size (both antique). But I'm shocked by the "scale" of them when sellers compare them to pennies on e-bay...I don't know why I was envisioning them being quite a bit larger.

Yeah...they're tiny! My lyre badge is about the size of my thumbnail, and my chapter guard is about the size of a quarter of my pinky nail (yes, I'm looking at it now

) The letters on my badge are like, one millimeter tall.

How big is your badge?

BadSquirrelBeta · #6 10-12-2006, 10:30 PM

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Yeah...they're tiny! My lyre badge is about the size of my thumbnail, and my chapter guard is about the size of a quarter of my pinky nail (yes, I'm looking at it now

) The letters on my badge are like, one millimeter tall.

How big is your badge?

But, no matter the GLO, they really stand out!

My badge is about the size of my thumb nail too, safe to say.

PhoenixAzul · #7 10-12-2006, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by AChiOhSnap

Yeah...they're tiny! My lyre badge is about the size of my thumbnail, and my chapter guard is about the size of a quarter of my pinky nail (yes, I'm looking at it now

) The letters on my badge are like, one millimeter tall.

How big is your badge?

I've only ever seen pictures of our "real" badge, although I connected with a '72 alum who has a pearl circle badge that I hope she'll show to me. Our badges and the tradition of badges has been sadly lost at Otterbein. Our current badges are probably about the size of a quarter, maybe smaller, just Tau Delta written in script and underlined by a rose.

AChiOhSnap · #8 10-13-2006, 01:20 AM

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I've only ever seen pictures of our "real" badge, although I connected with a '72 alum who has a pearl circle badge that I hope she'll show to me. Our badges and the tradition of badges has been sadly lost at Otterbein. Our current badges are probably about the size of a quarter, maybe smaller, just Tau Delta written in script and underlined by a rose.

Your badge sounds very pretty and unique.

Has your sorority ever thought about trying to bring the pearl circle badge back, or at least incorporating part of it into the current design?

PhoenixAzul · #9 10-13-2006, 04:54 AM

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Your badge sounds very pretty and unique.

Has your sorority ever thought about trying to bring the pearl circle badge back, or at least incorporating part of it into the current design?

Yep, that's sort of been my pet project for the last few years. The one group that's maintained their badges/badge tradition, is having a bit of a time having theirs re-struck. They have x amount of badges, which get past from big-little, but some have been lost/damaged/not given. They'd like for everyone to have one, so they've got to hunt down someone who is willing to make a small strike of them (less than 500).

I keep trolling E-bay in the off chance that one might pop up. I accidentally found a very beautiful pin of another Otterbein sorority, bid on it, and lost

. I was so excited because I knew the girls would have been super happy to have it back, but alas. I'm hoping that after 85 years, someone, somewhere, has their badge still tucked away.

Drolefille · #10 10-13-2006, 09:07 AM

I'd say the SK badge is about the size of a guy's thumbnail. I'd have to compare it though. I think it's too wide at the bottom for mine.

33girl · #11 10-13-2006, 09:33 AM

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Yep, that's sort of been my pet project for the last few years. The one group that's maintained their badges/badge tradition, is having a bit of a time having theirs re-struck. They have x amount of badges, which get past from big-little, but some have been lost/damaged/not given. They'd like for everyone to have one, so they've got to hunt down someone who is willing to make a small strike of them (less than 500).

Did you check in Pittsburgh? I think there are specialty jewelers in the Clark Building who might do stuff like that.

AXi1257 · #12 10-14-2006, 03:51 PM

I have an A Xi quill from 1912 and it's even smaller than the ones worn now. It's maybe an inch long.

honeychile · #13 10-14-2006, 11:00 PM

I just checked our website, and unfortunately, there aren't any photos of some of the original Adelphean pins. There's one photo in our New Member Manual that shows an antebellum Adelphean with her badge on a hair ribbon - it has to be at least 4" long!! Now, our diamond is about an inch long.

Drolefille · #14 10-15-2006, 10:25 AM

From what I got in Baird's the badge was the same design except instead of saying ADPi they said Adelphean so imagine the badge being large enough to fit that...

Unfortunately, no pictures

Tom Earp · #15 10-15-2006, 10:41 AM

Many times early Badges/Pins were smaller as to cut cost.

As time evolved, Badges/Pins were standardized for size.

Many NIC have/had sweet heart Badges that were smaller.

Some just plain some with gems. There depending on the GLO were an assorment of gems that could be used and where on the Badge/Pin.

Check out GLO sites and see the different distinctions as it were.

Some stay plin, and some are Bling-Bling as some call them!