boy scout token

[fatsmahoney]

Found at hard hit park along with a 1916-s buffalo

[postalgriff]

cool find, good picture, how old do you think that is?

[oldschool]

nice , congrads
Randy

[BigZee]

Grats

[Giant056]

Congrats on the find but I don't see a picture myself!

[michigan michael]

Sweet find. Isn't that a Nazi Symbol in that good luck charm? Confused on how this is a boy scout token though. Sorry kind of new.
MM

[michigan michael]

I was real curious about how a scout coin had a swastika so I looked it up and thought I would share the results with you. Thanks for posting. Learned something new today from your wonderful find!
A nice example of the Excelsior Shoe Medal.This medal exists in at least four different varieties. This is not a swastika on the reverse side. It is an age old mystical symbol dating back to the fourth century B.C. and was especially popular as a good luck symbol on tokens from the 1910's through the 1930's. Hitler ruined it forever. He may have picked it up during the first decade of the 1900's while attending Catholic school in Austria. Here, he was influenced by an abbot who had the symbol on his coat of arms, ring, and pulpit. Staring at these during a period in his life when he was also studying military tactics, Hitler may have associated the swastika with military power rather than spiritual power. In any case, it is no longer associated with good luck as depicted on the reverse side.