[2]I recently bid on a lot on eBay [3] for what I thought would be a dupe. A quick look, led me to think that it was one of the Vigil flaps from Thay-En-Da-Ne-Gea Lodge #418. The price looked right, and I didn’t look too closely.
When I received the item, I was quite surprised to find it did not have a gold mylar border.
It looks like all of the red thread has been replaced by a cream or manila colored thread with maybe a bit of pink in it. In addition to the BSA, 418 and the WWW, the arrow is also cream colored. After comparing it to the scans on OAImages [4], I do not believe that it is a mis-colored vigil flap. For it to be a mis-colored Vigil flap, a second mistake would have to have been made with the border color thread as well.
[5]If you look at the border, you can see there is a red lock stitch. My suspicion is that it is an S8 error (pictured on the right). Image courtesy of The Internet Guide to OA Insignia [4].
Has anyone else seen the oddity below before? My inclination barring further information which may change its classification, is to use the ‘Y’ category for this flap.
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Blue Book Stats:
YS1 MAN R M/C BLK MAN BSA; MAN 418, WWW, Arrow; RED Lockstitch Design of S8
2 Comments To "Thay-En-Da-Ne-Gea Lodge #418 Oddity Discovered"
#1 Comment By Frank hutchins On April 16, 2016 @ 8:35 pm
I was a brotherhood member in mid 80s and bought one of these same pink color from oa director Brad mooney. I always was offered crazy money because it was a miss print ordeal silver brotherhood red vigil gold. I didn’t think any others exist I still have mine it’s mint.
#2 Comment By Bill On April 17, 2016 @ 10:29 am
Frank,
Thanks for the comment. Guess that means at least 2 exist.