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Merit Badges
- Legend to identify Merit Badges
- 1910 British Merit Badges
- Square 1911 - 33
- Wide Crimped 1934 & 35
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Narrow Tan Crimped 1936 - 42
- Tan Heavyweight Cloth with Silk Embroidery and Printed Back 1936 - 37
- Tan Heavyweight Cloth with Silk Embroidery and Plain Back 1937 - 38
- Tan Lightweight Cloth with Silk Embroidery and Plain Back 1938 - 39
- Tan Lightweight Cloth with Cotton Continuous Loop Embroidery and Plain Back 1939 - 42
- Tan Lightweight Cloth with Cotton Lockstitch Embroidery and Plain Back 1939 - 42
- Blue Background 1942 - 46
- Wartime 1942 - 46
- Khaki Narrow Crimped 1946 - 59
- Green Twill Gauze Back 1960 - 68
- Fully Embroidered Merrowed Edge 1960 - 72
- Unprinted Plastic Back 1972 - 01
- Printed Plastic Back 2002 - Current
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Merit Badge Paper
- Merit Badge Applications
- Merit Badge Cards
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Merit Badge Pamphlets
- Type 1 White Cover - Rectangle Drawing On Cover
- Type 2 White Cover 5-375" x 8" Title at Top
- Type 3A Tan Cover - 200 Fifth Avenue
- Type 3B Tan Cover - 2 line address New York City
- Type 3C Tan Cover - 2 line address New York N.Y.
- Type 3D Tan Cover - 1 line address New York N.Y.
- Type 4 Standing Scout Cover
- Type 5A War Cover
- Type 5B Red and White
- Type 6 Photo-Red Cover
- Type 7 Full Photo Cover or Bulls-eye Cover
- Type 8 Full Photo - Green Stripe Cover
- Type 9 Full Photo - Red Stripe Cover
- Type 10A Blue Stripe - Logo above bottom blue stripe - FDL centered
- Type 10B - Blue Stripe in bottom of photo area. FDL to left of text
- Special Covers
- Boy Craft Helps
- Merit Badge Counselor's Guides
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Youth Position
- Junior Assistant Scoutmaster
- Senior Patrol Leader
- Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
- Patrol Leader
- Assistant Patrol Leader
- Troop Guide
- Scribe
- Quartermaster
- Instructor
- Chaplain Aide
- Den Chief
- Librarian
- Musician
- Webmaster
- Bugler
- Troop Historian
- Troop Representative
- Unit Representative
- Leadership Corps
- Honor Guard
- Leave No Trace Trainer
- Outdoor Ethics Guide
- Patrol Medallions
Fig. 1: IndLor-H4-Front
- Embroidery: Cotton thread, dull sheen
- Border: Lt green merrowed
Fig. 2: IndLor-H4-Reverse
- Back: Lt green lock stitch, molded plastic
Fig. 3: IndLor-H4-mve1-front
- Embroidery: Cotton thread, dull sheen
- Border: Lt green merrowed
Fig. 4: IndLor-H4-mve1-reverse
- Minor variation: Lt green lock stitch, white molded plastic
Item Name: Indian Lore 1978 - 1990
Item ID: IndLor-H4
Collector Rating: 1
Pamphlets Used to Earn this Badge
Requirements December 1977 until September 1995
1. Give the history of one Indian tribe, group, or nation. This should be one that lives or has lived near your home. Visit it, if possible. Tell about the following: dwellings, food preparation, dress, religious beliefs, kind of life, language, war, means of getting around, where the members, if any, now live and how they now live.
2. Do TWO of the following:
(a) Make a full authentic Indian costume.
(b) Make and decorate authentically three Indian articles approved by your counselor.
(c) Make an authentic model of an Indian dwelling used by any Indian tribe, group, or nation.
(d) Visit a museum to see Indian artifacts. Talk about them with your counselor. Identify at least 10 artifacts by shape, size and use.
3. Do ONE of the following:
(a) Learn three Indian games. Teach and lead on game with a Scout group.
(b) Learn and show Indian-style cooking. Cook three things.
(c) Show the Indian way of hunting, fishing, or trapping.
4. Do ONE of the following:
(a) Take part in an Indian show in which dances and songs, based on authentic Indian themes, are used.
(b) Sing two Indian songs in Indian dialect. Explain their meaning.
(c) Plan and take part in an Indian campfire ceremony based on an Indian theme.
(d) Learn in Indian dialect at least 25 common terms and their meaning.
(e) Know at least 25 signs in Indian sign language, including those that will help you ask for water, food, and where the trail or road leads.
(f) Learn in English at least one Indian saga of not less than 300 words, or any number of shorter ones totaling at least 300 words. Relate the saga to a group around a campfire or at a troop or post meeting.
(g) Write or tell about eight items adopted by the white man from the Indian. Such items might include food, clothing, medicines, crafts, games, cooking techniques, etc.
(h) Learn 25 Indian place names. Tell their origin and meaning.
(i) Name five well-known Indian chiefs. Give their tribes. Describe their relationship to history.