YMCA Y-Pioneers Badge Pin by Myers patent 1924 TRAILBLAZER Advancement Rank

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YMCA Y-Pioneers Badge Pin by Myers patent 1924 TRAILBLAZER Advancement Rank
Metal Badge Pin
Trailblazer Advancement Rank
Good condition - the blue cyan color in the picture comes from my scanner and is not on the item. The item polishes to a shiny silver color with a black patina in the low places. - The screw post is slightly bent. Across the top on the word Intellectual it looks like a shadow but that is actually a discoloration.
Condition:
Previously Owned. The blue cyan color in the picture comes from my scanner and is not on the item. The item polishes to a shiny silver color with a black patina in the low places. - The screw post is slightly bent. Across the top on the word Intellectual it looks like a shadow but that is actually a discoloration.
Post is a screw and screw-on fastener
The badge is a silver color and the fastener is a brass color.
Badge text on front: Y PIONEERS PHYSICAL INTELLECTUAL SERVICE DEVOTIONAL
Badge text on back: J. A. MYERS & CO L.A. PAT. OCT. 14, 24
Fastener text: WHITEHEAD & HUAG CO. NEWARK, N.J.
Measures approximately 15 mm diameter. The E in Pioneers is about 1 mm high. The entire word of Pioneers is about 9 mm wide.
Badge Images: the square is on a rosette, there is a wagon, ox, mountains, sun with rays.
Unique Pictures
of the actual item available in this listing
YMCA = Young Men's Christian Association
YWCA = Young Women's Christian Association (GR = Girls Reserve, Y-Teens)
In the early 1920's the Y had Comrades for boys age 15 to 17 and Pioneers for age 12 to 14. In the late 1920's they had revamped the program and dropped the Comrades name usage.
From the late 1920's the Purpose of A Pioneer: "
To follow the trail blazed by the Great Pioneer in a life of service and of growth in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man.
"
For Boys ages 9 to 12 is was the Y-Friendly Indians.
Currenlty the Y-Guides, Trailblazers, or Adventure Guides program were formerly the Indian Guides and Indian Princesses.
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