This is an Order Of The Arrow, OA, patch. The Order Of The Arrow, OA, is the Honor Camping Society Of The. Boy Scouts Of America, BSA, B. And this item was produced to be worn on the Scouting Uniform. The Order Of The Arrow, OA, was Originally known as the Wimachtendienk, and was formed into Lodges by Name and Number and Originally Met Nationally at Grand Meetings what we now Call NOACs. OA Yustaga Lodge 385, A-1, 1948, 1st Patch, Arrowhead, Gulf Coast Cncl, Pensacola, FL, Green, GRN, Cut Edge, C/E, Border on Pocket Patch, pp. White, WHT, Guaze, Cloth Back, CB, Arrowhead Shaped Patch. THIS POCKET PATCH, pp, IS CRISP, PERFECT!! PLEASE SEE FRONT AND BACK PICTURES ABOVE!! Green, GRN, Lettering, ” Yustaga, W “, Outline and Details On Thunderbird Osprey, and Cut Edge, C/E, Border, Bdr, On This Odd Shaped Pocket Patch, pp. Yellow / Orange, YOR, No Twill, NT, Direction Cloth Material Bkgd Color Below The Embroidery. White, WHT, Horizontal, HOR, Embroidered Details In The Thunderbird’s Breast and Tail. This Pocket Patch, pp, Measures 63 mm X 73 mm. This Pocket Patch Was Issued For Lodge 385 Yustaga Members In The Late 1940’s For Wear On The Activities Pocket On The BSA Scout Uniform. John Pannell’s oaimages, Website, OAI, Yustaga Lodge 385, A-1. THIS PATCH WAS THE FIRST PATCH ISSUED BY THIS LODGE FOR MEMBER WEAR ON THE BSA SCOUT UNIFORM. THIS YUSTAGA A-1, OR THE A-2, SHOULD HAVE BEEN PICTURED IN DWIGHT BISCHEL’S BOOK THE WABANINGO, LODGE EMBLEM AND INSIGNIA OF THE ORDER OF THE ARROW ISSUED IN 1952. THERE HAVE BEEN REFERENCES MADE BY OA HISTORIANS, THAT THIS PATCH DESIGN WAS BORROWED FROM EARLIER THUNDERBIRD CALDWELL PINS, AND PATCH DESIGNS BY OTHER THUNDERBIRD LODGES SUCH AS: 6 WAGION, 63 POTAWATOMIE, AND 194 CHEQUAH, TO NAME A FEW. THIS PATCH IS MUST HAVE FOR ANY SERIOUS 385 YUSTAGA OR ALABAMA OA COLLECTOR!! THE CORNERSTONE OF A GREAT COLLECTION!! THIS WAS THE WAY THAT THE HOPE DIAMOND WAS DELIVERED, FOR YOUR SECURITY. PLEASE WAIT FOR OUR BILLING BEFORE PAYING FOR THIS PATCH. OA LODGE 385 YUSTAGA IS HIGHLY DESIRED BY OA COLLECTORS IN FLORIDA, ALABAMA, LODGE 385, AND THE MANY MILITARY SERVICEMEN STATIONED IN THE AREA OVER THE YEARS. THIS ITEM IS FROM THE BILL PAHL OA COLLECTION, AND COMES WITH A STICKER OF PROVENANCE THAT IT IS FROM THIS HISTORIC COLLECTION. MORE ITEMS FROM THIS COLLECTION WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON, AS WELL AS MORE HISTORY ON THIS MEMORABLE COLLECTOR WHO WAS ORIGINALLY FROM THE BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL, NENTICO LODGE 12, AND CAMP BROAD CREEK. BILL PAHL FLEW WITH THE BLUE ANGEL JETS, AND RETIRED FROM HIS SCOUTING CAREER IN THE GULF COAST COUNCIL, AND OA LODGE 385 YUSTAGA OUT OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. Gulf Coast Council # 773, (1935 – Active), Pensacola, Panama City, Ft. Walton Beach, Destin, Dufuniak Springs, Florida, FL, Alabama, AL, and the State of Florida Panhandle. OA Lodge 385 Yustaga was Chartered in 1948, with the Osprey as the Lodge Totem. Camps That served have OA Lodge 385 Yustaga and. Gulf Coast Council # 773, (1935 – Active), Pensacola, Beach, Florida, FL, have. Included: Camp Robbins, Camp Big Heart, Jambo Camp, Camp Sinton, Camp Euchee, Bronson Charter, and Spanish Trails Scout Reservation. This Lodge has been in Region 5 with the Alabama OA Lodges as well as Region 6, SE-6, with the other Florida OA Lodges. The Original Council for this Area of Florida was Satsumaland Council # 773, (1927 – 1935), Pensacola, Florida, FL. Camps Serving This Original Council, Satsumaland Council # 773, (1927 – 1935), Pensacola, Florida, FL, Were: Camp Robinson, Camp Harrison, Camp Fred Scott, Camp Miller, Camp Ruchel, and Camp McCaskill. PLEASE SEE OUR E-BAY STORE FOR SET PRICES ON FLORIDA ORDER OF THE ARROW PATCHES FROM THE CONLEY WILLIAM’S FLORIDA OA COLLECTION!! YOUR CHANCE TO GET A PATCH FROM A MAJOR HISTORIC COLLECTION, AND IT COMES WITH PROVENANCE OF BEING FROM THIS COLLECTION. ALL ORDER OF THE ARROW, OA PATCHES ARE IDENTIFIED BY JOHN PANNELL’S OA IMAGES WEBSITE, OAI, THE STANDARD FOR OA IDENTIFICATION. CHECK OUT OUR OTHER E-BAY AUCTIONS ON siestabeachtrading2, & 3, THE TONY LAZEWSKI WISCONSIN COLLECTION, FOR MORE GREAT OA PATCHES. IF YOU COLLECT BOY SCOUT MEMORABILIA, WE RECOMMEND YOU JOIN I. THE INTERNATIONAL SCOUTING COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION FOR AN OUTSTANDING QUARTERLY MAGAZINE, AND ACTIVITIES. All patches are mint unless otherwise noted. Additional Items won are 75 Cents per additional lot. This round is larger than a regular white envelope. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT OUR AUCTIONS. The item “OA Yustaga Lodge 385, A-1, 1948, 1st Patch, Arrowhead, Gulf Coast Cncl, Pensacola, FL” is in sale since Thursday, October 18, 2012. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Historical Memorabilia\Fraternal Organizations\Boy Scouts\Badges & Patches\Order of the Arrow Patches”. The seller is “siestabeachtrading” and is located in Nokomis, Florida. This item can be shipped to United States, Mexico, Canada.

• Fraternal Group Names: Boy Scouts
• Organization Type: Order of the Arrow
• Type of Memorabilia: Badges and Patches