O-Shot-Caw 265 2007 Fellowship
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Even with the 2007 series that O-Shot-Caw Lodge 265 created for this year in their “Indians of the Southeast” theme (one year patch, six weekend patches), the lodge created an event in late November, mainly for members of the lodge to seal their membership. Over 50 members trekked down to Camp Sawyer in the Keys for the 2007 Fellowship, with only 150 patches made.
The shape may look familiar to Florida collectors, as it was designed and produced to mimic the Echockotee Lodge 200 1963 Winter Fellowship patch. While imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the designer did not have an actual Echockotee patch with which to make the proper comparison. So while the proportions are pretty close, the difference in size don’t make these two twins separated at birth. More like, “Mini-me”.
Camp Sawyer is located around Mile Marker 34 (oceanside) on US 1, about 7 miles south of Marathon and just north of Big Pine Key. The camp is but a few acres of oceanfront property on two sides, that allows for camping within feet of the shore. This was one of the first lodge events held at Sawyer in over twenty years, although Nok Su Chapter has hosted their “Conch Craziness Weekend” at Sawyer since 1993.
[...]   At the lodge’s “Fellowship” event in late November, the latest bullion (B-5) was released. Like three of the previous four bullions sold in 2005, the designs match that of the one of the early twill flap-shaped patches of the 1950s and 1960s; this one is based on the ”ugly duckling” flap from the 1960s. A total of 50 of these were produced. [...]