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Lodge 134: 2008 Dixie Issues

Posted in SR-5 Lodges, Tsali 134 by John E. Pannell on March 24th, 2008 at 12:06 am

134 S62Tsali lodge has recently issued four new patches for the upcoming 2008 Dixie Fellowship (SR-5 Conclave). Thanks again to Hank Birdsong for letting me know about these.

The lodge has chosen a theme based upon the film Transformers for these issues. There are two flaps and two pocket “dangles”. It’s intended that each flap be paired with the same colored pocket patch. The pairs have similar but not identical designs.

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Lodge 134: New Standard Flap

Posted in SR-5 Lodges, Tsali 134 by John E. Pannell on March 21st, 2008 at 12:11 am

134 S61?Since special flaps for Ordeal, Brotherhood, and Vigil members are now officially forbidden, Tsali lodge decided they needed to issue a new standard flap. Thanks to Hank Birdsong for letting me know about this.

This new flap uses the design of their most recent OBV set (S51-S53), changing the border color to blue. As an aside, it’s interesting to note that all previous blue bordered flaps from Tsali lodge (S11, S22, S33, S43) are among the lodge’s toughest flaps to acquire.

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Lodge 134: 70th Anniversary Issues

Posted in SR-5 Lodges, Tsali 134 by John E. Pannell on March 18th, 2008 at 12:05 am

134 S60?Thanks to Hank Birdsong for sending me images of several recent issues from Tsali 134.  I’ll cover them here in a few posts.  

Tsali lodge issued two patches for their 70th anniversary this year, a flap and a jacket patch.   Both items have a similar design that incorporates elements from the lodge’s recent flaps as well as their first patch.  

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Lodge 134: 2007 Fall Fellowship

Posted in SR-5 Lodges, Tsali 134 by John E. Pannell on December 5th, 2007 at 12:29 am

Tsali lodge recently had their Fall Fellowship.  As is customary, a patch was issued for the event.

The design is similar to 2006’s Fall fellowship patch with the border color changed from GMY to BLU.   The lodge’s totem, a drawn bow and arrow, along with the Cherokee characters for Tsali, appear prominently at the top of the patch.

The Blue Book data for this issue is:

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