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[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?)