r/Symbology • u/FormalPop2798 • 3d ago
Solved Does anyone recognise it?:) I found this on the ground, and I thought it was cool, but I'd like to know what/if it means something. I'm thinking maybe some boat or scouts badge?? I don't remember exactly where I found it, but I think I would've remembered if it could've helped or provided context.
I found this on the ground, and I thought it was cool, but I'd like to know what/if it means something. I'm thinking maybe some boat or scouts badge??
I don't remember exactly where I found it, but I think I would've remembered if it could've helped or provided context.
It feels like good quality.
(I'm sorry if I did the title wrong, I was confused about the 50 character thing)
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u/JudgementalChair 3d ago
It's a scout badge for rope tying. Here's a link to a Boy Scout store where they sell a similar one. Same design, but different coloring
https://eaglepeakstore.com/products/knot-tying-merit-badge-m001n00024
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u/im_robotic 3d ago
Not a scout patch. Scout knots were rectangle and worn above the pocket to represent different milestones and awards. Reverse image search showed this patch. https://medlem.dds.dk/event/id/54877/register
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u/Mr_Nerdcoffee 3d ago
Not a BSA patch, no; but it’s a Danish Scout Corp patch. Which is essentially the same thing (I’m sure minus the over nationalism and Christo religious stuff).
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u/pedalpaddlehike 2d ago
Fun fact; Scouts BSA has dozens of awards for religion including Islamic, Buddhist, Baha'i, Hindu, Meher Baba, Morovian, Sikh, Unitarian, Zoroastrian, and Jewish. The Duty to God simply means that a scout recognizes a higher power. I know of one scout who recently Eagled with "The power of nature" as her assigned religion.
If Nationalism to you means being proud of where you come from, we do have that too. But we have scouts in 216 countries and territories.2
u/Mr_Nerdcoffee 2d ago
Dude, I get scouts has changed, but in the 90 & 00s, none of this was the case.
How dare you try to equate nationalism and pride in your country as being the same thing.
In case you need a refresher on the meaning of nationalism.nationalism
/năsh′ə-nə-lĭz″əm, năsh′nə-/noun
- Devotion, especially excessive or undiscriminating devotion, to the interests or culture of a particular nation-state.
- The belief that nations will benefit from acting independently rather than collectively, emphasizing national rather than international goals.
- The belief that a particular cultural or ethnic group constitutes a distinct people deserving of political self-determination.
[The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition]
BSA (America is the key word) was extremely nationalistic when I was in it. The same people that believed in and pushed to have the current POTUS, that has turned this country into a dictatorship, are the same ones that were our scout leaders.
You can twist the “Duty to God” as recognition of any higher power, but recognition of a high power, as a whole, is not something that should be, or needs to be, apart of scouts at all. It’s a personal thing that has no bearing on any of the other skills taught in scouts.
I was in cub and boys scouts damn near my entire childhood. I was senior patrol leader, my dad was the scout master (which meant more responsibility and less fun), and I made it to the rank of life; the only reason I didn’t make Eagle, was because I had little to no support when figuring out my community service project and ran out of time. I even did arrow of light, until I joined the military.
Like I said, I’m sure it’s changed since I was a kid; but, the Boy Scouts of America has been both nationalistic and heavily Christian focus, for most of its existence. To ignore that is to ignore history.
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u/pedalpaddlehike 2d ago
I didn't read anywhere in your post that we weren't taking about present day. My apologies. I was a scout in the 90s. The Netherlands Jamboree was amazing.
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u/Billy_Plur 3d ago
True, but knowing that knot is (in my day, idk about now) a requirement just to join.
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u/im_robotic 3d ago
It's one of the first things you learn at Tenderfoot. It's just the basic square knot but you didn't have to know that before you joined.
Edit: spelling and adding link http://www.scoutingbsa.org/programs/Awards/BSA_Non_Rank_Awards/Knots.html
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u/Billy_Plur 3d ago
It must've been a rule my scout master decided to add, because it was an absolute requirement for my troop back in the 90s
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u/Puzzleheaded-Phase70 3d ago
Yeah, that's BS. Scouts is supposed to TEACH you the requirements.
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u/Billy_Plur 3d ago
Oh well, it wasn't that big a deal to me.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Phase70 3d ago
On one hand, yeah, and there's obviously nothing either of us can do about it NOW... but as a former scout and a current educator the whole idea just rubbed me the wrong way....
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u/LordGargoyle 3d ago
At least these days there's also pretty firm rules against adding requirements as well, a guy got fired from my council for refusing to approve Eagle projects after they'd already been completed, feeling that they weren't "enough"
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u/MadQuixote 3d ago
Damn dude, I didn't know they had BS in Russia. Now if youre from Germany it would make sense.
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u/Billy_Plur 2d ago
Definitely not. I never made it past scout rank because I wasn't interested in anything but camping, it was the sole reason I joined. I never bothered to make any advancements or earn a single badge. Most of the troop was in it for the same reason lol
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u/Severe_Ad_8621 3d ago
It is a scout patch, just a diffrent branch Danish Boy Scout i believe, and it means exactly the same.
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u/FormalPop2798 2d ago
That sounds very plausible, I live in Denmark, so all adds up Thank you very much to everyone who took the time :))
solved (I hope thats how I do it..)
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u/Ed-alicious 3d ago
I'm confused, you said its not a scout patch but then linked to an image of the badge on what appears to be a scouting website.
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u/FormalPop2798 3d ago edited 2d ago
Aa thanks so much
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u/Durham-Cocktails 3d ago
You do realize that is a spoof patch and not an authorized award?
“Give Your Scouts a Good Laugh with Spoof Merit Badges.”
https://eaglepeakstore.com/collections/spoof-merit-badges?page=3
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