Cool Quartermaster Card
Eagle Scout memorabilia collectors, lead by Terry Grove, have both documented and driven up the interest in Eagle Scout certificates. As Terry pointed out at an ISCA Dallas National Trade-o-ree, the Eagle Scout certificates and national letter maybe the only item every Eagle Scout received. Well in today’s eBay surfing I saw a card, rarer than the Eagle, that I seldom see. Its the comparable card for Quartermaster.
Sea Scouts are the oldest program in Scouting starting in 1913 (now its 100th anniversary). The Quartermaster is their highest award and is much rarer than Eagle. My guess, and I don’t think I’ve seen them, there probably is a whole series of these cards like Eagle Scout. I find this kind of ephemera as interesting as patches and maybe more so as it documents the history. Very neat piece, IMHO.
on August 19th, 2013 at 4:49 pm
You’ve got me on this one boss, I’ve seen a lot of off the wall stuff but I ain’t never seen one of these. Wow!
on September 1st, 2013 at 11:14 am
Bidding finished at $39.89. Pretty respectable. More than an Eagle Scout card would go from this date. Third high bid was $15 (although we don’t know if there were other snipe bids that did not get in.)
on August 24th, 2013 at 5:32 pm
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