More fakes from the Phillipines
eBay seller freedomfifty2k has been out for a while with more fake Boy Scout patches produced in the Philippines. He’s had some Canal Zone Council 1960s era canoe race activity patches but now he’s running a lodge 391 Chiriqui fake flap and a fake of the Camp El-Vol-Can patch. See below. His story is that these came from a Scouter who was a US Navy Chief that served in Vietnam. Doubtful. He says these patches were “worn by members of the a Boy Scouts of Canal Zone, Order of the Arrow (OA) Chiriqui Lodge 391, CZ Panama.” NOT Oh well. Buyer beware. It looks like folks are on to these not being real based upon bidding but certainly not from anything this seller is saying. eBay benefits financially from these fakes so they won’t do much to stop them which leaves it up to the hobby.
Fake El Vol Can patch
Boy Scout camp El Volcan fake patch
The real El-Vol-Can 1950 patch – white flock printing on blue felt. (This is from my collection. The piece that’s really interesting, IMHO, is the envelope corner from Canal Zone Council from 1950.)
Real Boy Scout Camp El Volcan patch from 1950
Fake Lodge 391 Chiriqui flap
Fake OA Lodge 391 flap
on March 20th, 2010 at 5:10 pm
An authentic Chiriqui lodge flap from the 60’s is not fully embroided. The land is and the water is not.
on May 24th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
There is another eBay seller, “jockney09”, who is also selling these fakes. This guy could be the same as “freedomfifty2k”. He has the above patches plus a lot more.
Buyer beware.
on December 19th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
Those two are doing the same with Civil Air Patrol patches. It’s a HUGE headache for our small collecting community!
on February 8th, 2017 at 1:45 pm
There’s another that I believe is also run by or related to freedomfifty2k as the same patches are shown on both sites. xflip97esales
on February 8th, 2017 at 1:53 pm
Thanks. These seem to have died down but greed never goes away. I think though they find that making these fakes cost more than they can realize after the first couple.