A GUIDE TO DATING AND IDENTIFYING BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA BADGES, UNIFORM AND INSIGNIA

Product Description

Mitch Reis’ best selling book on dating and identifying Boy Scout badges, uniforms and insignia is now BIGGER and BETTER than ever. This 4th edition has 257 pages (70 more than previous editions). Everything has been expanded and updated with many additional photographs. Now includes Cubbing, BoyScouting, and all Senior Scouting programs, with more than 55 pages on Adult Insignia.

This book is the definitive guide for novice and experienced collectors.

Sections include:

• Boy Scout of America Program Summary
• Clues to help date items
• Boy Scout Uniforms
• Cub Scout Uniforms
• Den Mother and Women Scouters Uniforms
• Sea Scout and Sea Explorer Uniforms
• Explorer and Senior Scout Uniforms
• Patrol Identification
• Boy Scout Rank and Position Badges
• Cub Scout Rank and Position Badges
• Merit badges
• Explorer and Senior Scout Insignia
• Sea Scout and Sea Explorer Insignia
• Community and Council Identification
• Special Awards and Medals
• Contest Medals, Ribbon Bars and Watch Fobs
• Service Stripes and Stars
• Veteran Insignia
• Adult Office Badges
• More

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For a more introductory guide to the history of Scout Uniforms, see Mitch Reis’ The History of the Boy Scouts of America Uniforms (also available from Big Rock Publishing)

Mitch Reis has been in Scouting for more than 40 years. As a youth, he earned the Eagle Scout Award and the Vigil Honor, Order of the Arrow. He became interested in collecting scouting patches and memorabilia at the 1981 National Jamboree and has been going strong ever since.

Mitch’s main interest is in NATIONAL ISSUED BOY SCOUT PATCHES, BADGES, MEDALS, PINS, UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA.

In addition to collecting, Mitch is an avid researcher, who studies and writes about Scouting history.

Mitch is the author of the following books:

• The Boy Scouts of America During WWI & WWII
• A Guide to Dating and Identifying BSA Badges, Uniforms and Insignia – New 4th Edition
• The History of the Lone Scouts Through Memorabilia
• The History of the Connecticut Rivers Council – BSA
• The History of the Boy Scouts of America Uniforms.

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