APO Insignia

[emb021]

Originally Posted by Twunkle

I didn't word my post correctly, my grandmother was a den mother for my father's cub scout troop for many years. I realize boy scout troops do not have den mothers. My father was a scout master for many years while I was a child. The pin is definitely my grandmothers though, and not my father's Life Scout pin.

As noted, its cub scout PACK, not troop.

The pin is most likely the Life Scout Mother's pin, which is a different size from the Life Scout pin. (I forget which is larger).

I haven't witnessed any sons/daughters wearing their parent's Alpha Phi Omega pins, I merely brought up the subject while we were discussing etiquette of scout pins. I know in Sigma Chi (my boyfriend's fraternity) daughters, mothers, wives and sweethearts may wear Sigma Chi insignia. I was just curious if APO had any rules about that.

Keep in mind that Sigma Chi is an all male fraternity. If one sees a female wearing their insignia, one is going to assume that the person is a daughter/mother/wife/sweetheart of a member.

As we are now co-ed, we can't assume that. If we see someone wearing our insignia, we are going to assume they are a Brother, and be a little bothered if it turns out to not be the case...

Being a member of APO, is it appropriate to wear the Sweetheart pin? It wasn't given to me by my significant other, just a brother I am really good friends with. There really isn't a lot of information about this pin.

As noted, the only 'protocol' of the pin is that its given to someone who is a sweetheart of a Brother. In the old days it would have been a girlfriend, maybe a wife.

Now that we are co-ed, I have seen Brothers give it to other Brothers they are dating (male or female). I know of a non-Brother husband who wears it was it was given to him by his wife.

So few would be shocked if they saw a Brother wearing the Sweetheart pin. More likely they will probably ask what the pin is, because not many know what it is.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by emb021

The pin is most likely the Life Scout Mother's pin, which is a different size from the Life Scout pin. (I forget which is larger).

Do you think so? I don't remember any mother's pins for anything except Eagle until relatively recently.

[emb021]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Do you think so? I don't remember any mother's pins for anything except Eagle until relatively recently.

FYI- I am a collector of scouting memorabilia.

We've had mother pins for several decades. Not sure when they started them. But I can always check my collection of memorabilia literature.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by emb021

FYI- I am a collector of scouting memorabilia.

We've had mother pins for several decades. Not sure when they started them. But I can always check my collection of memorabilia literature.

Interesting. I was a Scout in the 70s, and I'd never heard of them until my son started Boy Scouts; his troop hands them out. Maybe my troop growing up just didn't use them. (Or maybe they came in with the uniform redesign in 1980. Speaking of which, can I just say how much better I like the new Centennial uniform?)