Archive for July 19, 2008

1961 Area 6-A Neckerchiefs

Posted in Area 6-A, Section Conclave Patches by John E. Pannell on July 19th, 2008 at 5:02 am

Last weekend Woody Woodruff let me scan his North Carolina conclave neckerchiefs.   Among the ones he had for me were these four varieties of the 1961 Area 6-A fellowship neckerchief.   The two major color differences are generally known to North Carolina conclave collectors, however the variations on the tan neckerchief may not be as readily noticed.  I thought these were interesting enough to warrant their own post.

The tan neckerchief is believed to be the piece that any brother who attended the fellowship could purchase.  The first variation of this neckerchief has a dark brown Indian smoking a pipe.   The black highlights are heavily screened.

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