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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: SPLB-1-4-1-Front
- Cloth: Fine right twill
- Embroidery: Cotton lockstitch
Fig. 2: SPLB-1-4-1-Magnified
- 49mm including knot, gold tall crown 1st class with brown eagle, horizontal stitched smile, 7mm bar width
Fig. 3: SPLB-1-4-1-Reverse
- Starched
Item Name: Senior Patrol Leader 1942 - 1945
Item ID: SPLB-1-4-1
Collector Rating: 1
Qualifications and Duties Fall 1936 until October 1945
The office of Senior Patrol Leader is the link between the Patrols and the commissioned Scouters. He serves as a Troop leader, not attached to a Patrol, and should be selected by the Troop Leader’s Council with the approval of the Scoutmaster. He ranks in the Troop next to the Assistant Scoutmaster.
The office is open only to a First Class Scout who has served for the minimum term of twenty weeks as Patrol Leader. This last point is of great importance. Since he will be consulted by the Patrol Leaders and is expected in aid them, he should be an expert in Patrol problems, and should be of strong character, proficient in Scouting and of marked ability as a leader. His appointment is authorized by the Troop Committee on the recommendation of the Scoutmaster.
Duties of the Senior Patrol Leader
The Senior Patrol Leader performs such Troop administrative and executive duties as are assigned to him by his scoutmaster. He is usually made responsible for directing the movements of the Troop meeting programs as planned by the Troop Leaders’ Council, in order to keep the program on schedule.
Through the Patrol Leaders he encourages Patrol activity and Scout advancement.
He assists the Patrol Leaders in the planning of Patrol meetings and hikes, and aids them in training for such special events as District or Local Council Rallies or Camporees.
He studies each Patrol and the Troop as a whole and presents to the Scoutmaster any question or subjects that may be valuable to the Patrols’ or the Troop’s activities or welfare, originating among the Scouts themselves.