MEDAL - BOY SCOUTS - CONTEST - FIRE MAKING - OLD STYLE
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See the scans of the front and back. I just bought a fine, old collection of Boy Scouts of America medals and insignia. It included a number of the early contest medals. This is a second type BSA Fire Making contest medal in silver. This series had nineteen different designs in three metals (gold colored, silver and bronze). The designs included archery, bridge building, bugling, camping, canoeing, cooking, field craft, firemaking, first aid, handicraft, knife and axe, knot tying, signaling with one scout, signaling with two scouts,swimming, tent pitching, tower building, track and wall scaling. The earlier medals had a red, white and blue ribbon, while the 1930's - 1940's awards had a solid blue ribbon. The earlier ones with their original RW&B ribbon are scarcer, as fewer were awarded. This is hallmarked with the official BSA logo on the bottom reverse. The silver medal was the award for second place. This is an uncommon design. Generally XF condition. Original ribbon is worn, no brooch. NO RESERVE !!! I will be listing other Boy Scout medals this week. NOTE: I am very good about getting my orders out promptly, sometimes same day and almost always within 24 hours. However, lately the U.S. postal "service" has been very spotty. In the last several months, I have had first class insured items take over a month to California and
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