Boy Scout Item...

[BuckleBoy]

Could anyone give me more information about this item? I figure it dates to the teens or twenties... Anyone have any info on whether this medallion was given for achievements--i.e., actually associated with the Boy Scouts--or as a marketing ploy for shoes?

Regards,


Buckleboy

 

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[tymcmurray]

The Swastika was also a symbol for luck.

http://rexcurry.net/pledge-of-allegiance-scouting.html#BOY_SCOUTS_SWASTIKA

 

[Gypsy Heart]

1910 Excelsior Shoe Company sales promotion
There were 3 versions.

1) One with the rider dated July, 1910. The Boy Scouts were incorporated in Feb of 1910 in Washington, DC. Their headquarters was established in New York.

2) One with good luck symbols on the back. A reverse swastika which was a popular Victorian era good luck symbol and a favorite symbol of Lord Baden-Powell's. Also dated July, 1910.

3) The third has the good luck symbols and no date. It states "Membership emblem of the Boy Scouts Club".

Excelsior's 1911 ad reads:



World Famous
"Scouts"
Now on Sale!


Now's your chance to get the "Boy Scout" shoe, boys -- that world famous shoe about which you have read so much in magazines. It's making just as big a hit in this town as it has made in the big cities. Boys are "wild" about them--- say they never saw anything like them for baseball, running jumping, and all outdoor sports.


The "Boy Scout" Shoe

Toughest, lightest, most sensible, everyday shoe made. Uppers are soft as gloves. Soles wear two to three times as long as ordinary soles. No Linings. Coolest and most healthful boy's shoe ever invented.


Colors
Olive, Tan and Black


Tell your pa that "Boy Scouts" outwear two to three pairs of ordinary shoes.


Good-Luck charm FREE with each pair of genuine


BOY SCOUT SHOES


Little Boy's 10-13 1/2 $2
Boy's 1- 5 1/2 $2.50
Big Boy's and Men's 6 - 10 $3

The Excelsior Shoe Co., Portsmouth, Ohio

http://members.aol.com/randywoo/bsahis/coin.htm

 

[BuckleBoy]

Thanks to all of you for your replies. Gypsy--THAT was the information I needed. Thank you so much


-Buckles

 

[PBK]

Excelsior Shoe Company Tokens by Dick Hamel (2005) lists 12 distinct types of the "Boy Scout" tokens, with some types having a dozen or more varieties.

There are also 8 types (again, with varieties of each) of "Medal" tokens, in which the word Medal replaces Boy Scouts at the top of the obverse.

Another good reference on these is Scouting Exonumia by Rudy J. Dioszegi (1985); however, the section on Boy Scouts Shoes tokens is also reproduced in Hamel's book.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Excelsior Shoe Company Tokens by Dick Hamel (2005) lists 12 distinct types of the "Boy Scout" tokens, with some types having a dozen or more varieties.

There are also 8 types (again, with varieties of each) of "Medal" tokens, in which the word Medal replaces Boy Scouts at the top of the obverse.

Another good reference on these is Scouting Exonumia by Rudy J. Dioszegi (1985); however, the section on Boy Scouts Shoes tokens is also reproduced in Hamel's book.

I'll check this out in order to see what variety this one is. Thank you, PBK. Sounds like the Excelsior Shoe Company was quite occupied with churning out tokens.

Regards,


Buckleboy