Camp patch collecting is one of my personal favorites. One of the frustrating problems though is finding patches with no wording or just initials on them. Therefore whenever we can get some background its helpful to keep it around. Here’s some information about the early patches from Camp Ti-wa-ya-ee out of New York.

From eBay seller pinetreedan:

This is a gold felt Camp Ti-Wa-Ya-Ee,(TYE) Patch from the 1930’s Camp. TYE was operated by the Erie County Council and was located in Holland, New York. There were also two other similar patches: A Dark Blue one was awarded to top boy leaders and Scoutmasters; The Red one was awarded to qualified Scouts at Camp. The Gold one was rarely awarded and has been rated as next to impossible to find.

It is believed that every camper received a standard patch starting in 1939 and that the three different “brown indian” patches were not awarded after the 1938 Camp TYE season.