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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: Geolog-H2-Front
- Embroidery: Cotton thread
- Border: Merrowed
Fig. 2: Geolog-H2-Reverse
- Back: Clear plastic with waffle pattern
Fig. 3: Geolog-H2-mve1-front
- Embroidery: Cotton thread
- Border: Merrowed
Fig. 4: Geolog-H2-mve1-reverse
- Back: Dark base cloth, clear plastic with waffle pattern
Item Name: Geology 1972 - 1975
Item ID: Geolog-H2
Collector Rating: 1
Pamphlets Used to Earn this Badge
Requirements June 1972 until August 1982
1. Do ONE of the following:
(a) Make a collection of different ores, rock-forming minerals, and fossils. Give name and use (or age) of each. (minimum, 20 specimens.)
(b) Make a collection of different sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks. Name the important minerals found in each. Tell what use can be made of these rocks. (minimum, 10 specimens.)
2. Do ONE of the following:
(a) Visit a mine or quarry; oil or gas field; a gravel, clay, sand, or shell pit; or other like operation. Explain the deposit. Tell how the product is removed, transported, sold, and used. What safety precautions are used?
b) Visit your water system. Describe the source, quality, and amount of water needed for your town. Give its relation to your geology.
3.Get a topographic map of your home area. Study it. Explain the important geological features shown on it. (If you can't get a local map, study one of another place that you know. Air photos may be used instead of a topographic map.)
4. Do ONE of the following:
(a) Prepare a report including maps or drawings of the geological features on or below the surface of an area that you know.
(b) Describe how the soil was formed where you live, Tell the kinds of rock from which it came.
(c) Describe the earth materials used in your home or a public building. Tell where they came from. List those which you use every day. Tell where they came from.
ALTERNATIVE: In place of Nos. 4a or 4c, the counselor may make up a project of like merit. It must make use of some of the interesting geological features where you live.