Collecting Dixe Patches
Posted in Patch Collecting by John E. Pannell on September 18th, 2006 at 6:12 am The collecting of section conclave patches is widespread. Some parts of the country are collected, though, are collected with more passion than others. In the area known as “Dixie”, currently the section called SR-5 (western NC, SC, and parts of GA), this is almost a religion!
Currently there is a 1948 Area Z fellowship patch on eBay. With over 4 days to go, the current bid is $1,450.
The Area Z meetings were the precursor to what was to become the Dixie Fellowship. As such this item would be one of the key pieces in any Dixie Fellowshp collection. The patch is in very good shape, but is unfortunately marred by a significant threadbeak in the word “Meeting”. I can only wonder how the bidding would be going if it weren’t for this threadbreak!
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