PLAQUE

Description: ROUND PLAQUE, BUT FROM PLYWOOD. FRONT HAS A WHITE PAPER BACKGROUND. AROUND PERIMETER READS "LETHBRIDGE AND DISTRICT SCOUTS SKILLARAMA BSC 1989 BSA". STAPLED TO FRONT OF PLAQUE IS A PIECE OF ROPE, TIED IN A LOOP. IN CENTER OF LOOP IS AN EMBRODIERED BADGE (FEATURING LORD BADEN-POWELL, AND A GREEN FLEUR DE LIS). BELOW PATCH READS "ALL THE PIECES OF FIBRE REPRESENT ALL THE PEOPLE IN SCOUTING, AND THE REEF KNOT TIES THEM TOGETHER IN BROTHERHOOD.". BACK OF PLAQUE HAS A CIRCULAR PIECE OF PAPER GLUED TO IT, WITH A VERSE TYPED ON IT.

History: SEE P20000098001-GA FOR HISTORY.; *UPDATE* IN 2021, TWO COLLECTIONS ASSISTANTS, RYLEY GELINAS AND O. E., CONDUCTED AN AUDIT OF THE ROLLED TEXTILE COLLECTION, INCLUDING OTHER ARTIFACTS WITHIN THIS COLLECTION. ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2021, AN INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED WITH RON SHIELDS TO DISCUSS A NUMBER OF OBJECTS RELATED THIS COLLECTION. NO FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE ARTIFACT WAS PROVIDED. FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR TO SEE THE FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE.