Kansas City Scouting Museum
A virtual collection of items and ephemera related to the Boy Scout movement in the Kansas City area.
Pocket Patches
Year | Description | Image |
1926 – 1933 | No known patches. | |
1934 | Felt star used by Troop 7 at Camp Naish in 1934. Source: In the Woods: 100 Years of Camping in the Heart of America Council. | |
1935 | No known patch used. | |
1936 | Orange felt with black stamped ink text. | |
1936 | Orange felt with black flocked text. | |
1937 | Yellow felt with black ink stamped text. | |
1937 | Yellow felt with black flocked text. | |
1938 | Royal blue felt with red flocked text. | |
1939 | Royal blue felt with yellow flocked text. | |
1940 | Navy blue with yellow flocked text. | |
1940 | Slate blue with red flocked text. | |
1940 | Royal blue with white flocked text | |
1941 | Issue unknown. Possibly Frontiersman. | |
1942 | Issue unknown. Possibly Frontiersman. | |
1943 | Frontiersman with green arrowheads. Based an interview with a camper whose first year at Camp Naish was 1943, the Frontiersman patch was issued that year. It is not clear what color the arrowheads were that year. | |
1944 | Issue unknown. Possibly Frontiersman. | |
1945 | Frontiersman with red arrowheads. The 1945 Camp Naish Staff neckerchief features a frontiersman patch with red arrowheads. | |
1946-1949 | Issue unknown. Frontiersman or Indian. | |
1950 | Indian with cut edge. This patch is featured on the 1950 Camp Naish Staff neckerchief. | |
1950s | Indian with cut edge and herringbone twill. | |
Late 1950s-1962 | Rolled edge. This patch is featured on the 1958 Camp Naish Staff neckerchief. 1962 is the last year for which the rocker was white with red text. | |
1963 | Green background, solid black hair. 1963 is the year that the rocker color changed from white with red text to green with red text. | |
Mid to Late 1960s | Brown hair. | |
1973 | Plastic back, smaller font. Last year as a Kaw Council camp. | |
1974 | “Kaw Council” removed to reflect council merger with Kansas City Area Council in 1974 to form Heart of America Council. | |
1986 | 60th Anniversary | |
1991 | 65th Anniversary | |
1996 | Camper patch | |
1996 | Honor Patrol | |
1996 | 70th Anniversary | |
1997 | Computer design, wide arrowheads. | |
2001 | 75th Anniversary – first issue used the wrong artwork for the Indian. | |
2001 | 75th Anniversary – mailed to participants with updated Indian head artwork. | |
2001 | 75th Anniversary Planning Committee | |
2010 | BSA Centennial. Used with the following segments: Staff, Camper, Leader, Commissioner, Maintenance Team, Campmaster, Scouter, Parent, Staff Association, Mini Camp, LDS Weekend |