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Listing is for an incredible 24-piece instant collection of vintage Boy Scouts of America (BSA) leather patches and belt slides. The collection is primarily custom-stamped for Troop 433 during the historic 1976–1978 Bicentennial era.
These custom leather pieces were designed to be stitched or riveted onto standard uniform belts to commemorate specific troop events, holiday campouts, and high-adventure trail hikes. All items feature beautifully crisp tooling and deep stamps. They are in phenomenal, unsewn, unused vintage condition although there is writing on the back of some items.
• Red River Gorge / Sky Bridge (Kentucky): (4) Matching rectangular belt loops featuring the iconic Sky Bridge sandstone arch graphic, stamped for 1978.
• Appalachian Trail (A.T.) Cutouts: (2) Large circular frame cutouts featuring the classic stylized geometric "A" logo. Includes the rare S.W. Virginia Bicentennial Camporee (1776–1976) variant with a detailed Liberty Bell cutout design.
• Hocking Valley / Blue Trail (Ohio): (2) Rectangular patches accented with footprint graphics commemorating the Blue Trail hike.
• Indian Creek Campouts: (3) Shield-shaped campout loops dated 1977 featuring tent, arrow, and cooking graphics.
• Holiday & Specialty Hikes: (1) Pumpkin "Spookout" (1977), (1) "Carver's Cook-In" pot style, (1) Turkey "Winter Campout" (1977), and (1) Humorous "Gunnar Snipe Hunt" bird award (1978).
• Additional Commemoratives: Stamped loops, ovals, and rectangular fragments including a "Pioneering" slide, "Ringer Campout" (1978), "Myron Kahn Dad & Lad" trail loop, "Cold Camp" oval, "Red River Gorge" horsehead motif
Condition Details
• Leather Quality: Excellent, unsewn vintage condition. The leather pieces remain stiff, clean, and firm with a beautiful natural light tan patina.
• Hardware / Attachment: No holes have been punched for rivets, and no thread residue is present. They are entirely unmounted, blank canvases for collectors.
Shipping & Packaging
All 24 leather pieces will be packed flat in a moisture-sealed protective sleeve and shipped securely inside a rigid mailer or box with tracking to protect them against bending or damage during transit.
Please look at photos. The items in the photos are exactly what you will receive