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This site presents information on the history of many BSA badges and awards.It represents many hours of research and required learning about, and categorizing, early Scout awards.

This site was originally created starting in the year 2000 by as part of his website www.sageventure.com. Most of the information presented was the first of its type.

In 2023, Craig Murray transferred this information to , Scoutmaster of his old troop (Troop 777 from the Greater Los Angeles Area Council), to create the current website.


Dr. Craig Murray


Mr. Martin Cardenas

Significant contributions from:

  • Mr. Edward M. Brown
  • Mr. John Burkitt
  • Mr. George Crowl
  • Mr. Carl Cummins
  • Mr. Sam Fairchild, Executive Director of the Scouting Century Foundation
  • Mr. Ben Lefever
  • Mr.
  • Dr. Terry Grove
    • Biography
    • Obituary
    • Grove, Terry. "A Comprehensive Guide to the Eagle Scout Award - Twentieth Century Edition"
      ISBN: 978-0977653485 (Amazon)
  • Mr. Pat Gould
  • Mr. Jim Hunter
  • Mr. Doug Livingston
  • Mr. Larry McGarrah
  • Mr. Lee Morin
  • Dr.
  • Mr. Paul Myers
    • Myers, Paul. "Collecting Boy Scout Rank Badges". Boy Scouts of America. 1999.
  • Mr. Steve Porch
  • Mr.
    • Website
    • Reis, Mitch. "A Guide to Dating and Identifying Boy Scouts of America Badges, Uniforms and Insignia (5th edition)"
  • Mr.
  • Mr. Dave Scocca
  • Mr. Jim Stevenson
  • Mr. Ron Vinatieri
  • Mr.
  • Mr. Ric Williams
  • Mr.
  • World Scouting Museum

This site is not affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).

These original images were scanned from various collections and are copyrighted. The images may be used with proper attribution to www.bsabadges.org. Commercial use of these images is prohibited.