Collecting Badges

Bookbinder Khaki

Bookbinder Khaki

Bookbinder Felt Scout Badge Khaki 1920 to 1928

The image on the front of the Bookbinder Badge is of a closed book. 

First issued in 1920  

The Bookbinder Badge was worn on the Right arm in between the shoulder and elbow.

To earn the Bookbinder Badge*

Must perform the following operations in the binding of a book:

Prepare the parts or sections for sewing;

Sew sections on tapes; {old and paste on end papers; glue up; and line with mull; round and hack and add second lining; out boards and cover with cloth or paper, and put book into case.

*The ways to earn the badge varied through POR