Cuyahoga 17 X1

I turn to the Buckeye State for this installment in the series about state shapes on patches.     Through the years there has been 35 different lodges headquartered in Ohio, 23 of which are no longer active.     Several of these have used the shape of Ohio on their patches.

In addition to using the shape of this state in the design, this list includes classic issues shaped like Ohio as well as modern two-piece sets forming a similar shape.   Issues include odd-shapes, flaps, neckerchiefs, event patches and one chapter issue.

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Santee 116 J4?

Santee lodge has issued a new jacket patch in commemoration of the lodge’s 70th anniversary.     This is a large 8″ round patch and shows the various poses of the Carolina parakeet that have been used on the lodge’s patches through out its history.     The parakeet in the center of this patch is used here for the first time and may appear on a future lodge flap.

Thanks to Jason Spangler for sending me this image.

The lodge produced 200 of these patches.     Brothers were able to pre-order up to five of these pieces.   After filling the pre-orders very few remained.     These were all sold to the new Ordeal members, one per person.

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Skyuka 270 X7.3?

Apparently there is a common issue from Skyuka 270 that has been missed by Blue Book editors for nearly fifteen years.     I’m guilty here, too, as I had seen the patch before.   I never neither really bothered to get it as I don’t particularly collect South Carolina nor made a scan of it.       Thanks to Rick Horne for sending along this scan.

There are thre three odd-shaped patches from Skyuka lodge issued for their 50th anniversary in 1994.     X7 is in the shape of a mountain, like the lodge’s X2 and X3, but expanded to add a buttonhole and a gold mylar (GMY) border.     X7.5 in an oversized CSP issued by the lodge with a silver mylar (SMY) border.     Pictured here is a second CSP, identical to the X7.5 but with a GMY border which I have labeled “X7.3?”.

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