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Title |
Boy Scout Commissioner Conference Pin, 1988 |
Object Name |
Pin, Fraternal |
Description |
Boy Scout Commissioner Conference Pin, 1988. Round silver-colored metal pin has a laurel wreath border a red ground inside and a blue triangle with a white center and yellow Boy Scout symbol inside. Black on silver text at bottom of triangle reads, "THE / ADVENTURE / BEGINS." Silver raised text below reads, "1988 / COMMISSIONER CONFERENCE." Back is smooth. There is a brass-colored metal pinch-style clasp affixed to pin on back. A round white piece of paper is pinned between the pin and clasp and has red text with maker's information. |
Date |
1988 |
Creator |
Sakawawin Enterprises, Sacramento |
Role |
Manufacturer |
Catalog Number |
2021.082.001.17 |
Dimensions |
H-1.25 W-1.25 D-0.375 inches |
Dimension Details |
1.25 x 1.25 x .375 |
Collection |
3D - Personal Symbols |
Inscription Text |
"THE / ADVENTURE / BEGINS / 1988 / COMMISSIONER CONFERENCE" (text on front); "SAKAWAWIN ENTERPRISES / P. O. BOX ... / SACRAMENTO, CA 95028 / (916) 383-4643" (red repeated text on white paper label) |
Provenance |
Part of the Ogden Lamont Boy Scout Collection. |
Notes |
"In the Scout Movement, a commissioner is the person whose role it is to oversee a Scout association's programs, usually within a particular geographic area. Normally, commissioners are volunteers. In some Scout associations, the term Executive Commissioner is used to refer to a paid staff member. "The commissioner role appeared early in the Scouting movement. Individual troops were organized by existing community organizations, and those organizations took the primary responsibility for implementing the Scouting program. To ensure consistency between different troops, the Scouting movement relied on two concepts: leader training and the commissioner staff. Scouting's founder, Baden-Powell, developed and promoted numerous leader training programs, starting in 1910 and leading to a course in 1919 that is now known as Wood Badge. The commissioner staff provided an ongoing, independent check on the troops themselves." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scout_Commissioner 10/06/2021] |
Search Terms |
Boy Scouts of America Lamont, Ogden Pin |
Subjects |
Boy Scouts Buttons (Information artifacts) Insignia |
People |
Lamont, Ogden |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Pacific Skyline Council |