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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: Printi-F-Front
- Cloth: Green right twill
- Border: Merrowed
Fig. 2: Printi-F-Reverse
- Back: Gauze reinforced starched
Item Name: Printing 1961 - 1968
Item ID: Printi-F
Collector Rating: 1
Pamphlets Used to Earn this Badge
Requirements June 1952 until September 1963
1. Set a paragraph of type by hand from manuscript copy.
2. Read and mark proof correctly.
3. Set type from original copy for a display card or advertising handbill for practical use.
4. Run 100 copies of the job in Requirement 3 on a 10 x 15 or smaller job press. Demonstrate the correct method of inking, setting gauge pins, use of make-ready, accuracy of feeding, and washing up press. or Using a stencil screen and base made by yourself, print at least 50 copies of a poster, greeting card, or other material by the silk-screen process.
Requirements September 1963 until June 1972
1. Using the letterpress printing process:
(a) Set a paragraph of type by hand from manuscript copy.
(b) Read and mark proof correctly.
(c) Set type from original copy for display card or advertising handbill for practical use.
(d) Run one hundred copies of the same job on a 10 x 15 or smaller job press. Demonstrate the correct method of inking, setting gauge pins, use of makeready, accuracy of feeding, and washing up press.
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2. Using the silk-screen printing process:
(a) Make a stencil screen and base.
(b) Print at least 50 copies of poster, greeting card, or other material.
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3. Using the offset printing process: Employing an offset duplicator or offset press, produce a finished piece of publicity, size determined by the equipment employed. This can be a newspaper, bulletin, poster, etc. The proper preparation of all material and use of illustrations in the creating of flats for photographing, and then transferring onto presensitized plates, will be done by the Scout or Explorer.