Archive for January 25, 2007

Happy Anniversary

Posted in OAImages News by John E. Pannell on January 25th, 2007 at 5:34 pm

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At the beginning of the year, I added a new banner to this site consisting of all 10th anniversary patches.   Patches commemorating lodge anniversaries have a long history, starting with the 25th anniversary issue from Unami (L1), intended to be worn as a neckerchief slide, pictured on the left.

If established as an authentic lodge issue, the patch currently listed as the Nentico 12 YX2, from 1942, apparently would be the first anniversary issue issued by a lodge other than Unami. Otherwise that honor would likely fall to the Chappegat 15 L1, a leather patch worn as neckerchief slide, issued for their 25th anniversary in 1948. Continue Reading »



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