At the Western New York Traders Association TOR in mid-September, I picked up what I thought would be a couple of dupes of the Kamargo Lodge #294 R4. On closer examination, I realized that there was a previously unlisted twill variation.
The R4, was listed as Twill Left Smooth (TLS). I was holding both a TLS and a TRS patch.
So looks like we need to update the Blue Book listing:
R4 YEL R WHT GRN YEL FDL; “KAMARGO LODGE ORDEAL MEMBER”; CD; CB; TLS
to
R4a YEL R WHT GRN YEL FDL; “KAMARGO LODGE ORDEAL MEMBER”; CD; CB; TLS
and add a listing for
R4b YEL R WHT GRN YEL FDL; “KAMARGO LODGE ORDEAL MEMBER”; CD; CB; TRS
The twill is very smooth on this version, but if you zoom in on the image you can make out some of the twill direction.
At one time, Kamargo Lodge gave these patches out to Ordeal Members and they were not able to get the flap until they became Brotherhood.
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