Boy Scout Good Luck Token

[kc in wv]

I found this while out today between the rain showers.? From the research I did this design was
one of the original from when the Scouts were organized in 1910.? The front shows a Scout on a
horse and says ?Boy Scouts? ? Manufactured by the Excelsior Shoe Company Portsmouth O.?

The reverse has? ?Membership Emblem of the Boy Scouts Club? ? ? Good Luck? and has a design
similar to a reverse Swastika with a horse shoe, wishbone, and a? 4 leaf clover inside of of the
arms.? The 4th arm I can?t tell what it is.

I noticed that on the front the abbreviation for company is a o inside of a C, and also the
abbreviation for Ohio is a simple O.? The token was manufactured with the hole in the top so it
could be tied to the shoes with a shoestring

 

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[Doug Mauck]

I found one identical to yours a couple of months ago. It was made by Excelsior Shoe Company. It's one of my favorite finds! I found mine on the surface in a local park where they had done some trenching.......always a good place to look!

 

[True_Metal]

Why would they tie them to their shoes? My wonder they are turning up, thousands must have been lost.

 

[hunt4stuff]

Just a note that Boy or Girl Scout items draw BIG money on auctions. An old Scout pin can bring a few hundred dollars or more. I had no clue till a client brought some to me to sell for him.

 

[lab rat]

Wonderful collector's item-- I wouldn't clean that one! Good going!

 

[chance_kovac]

About 5 years ago I found a similar coin. an Excelsior Shoe Company good luck token for boy scouts. I have the 3rd version of this token. The front: a boy riding a horse and the back with the swastika and the 4 luck charms. with no date. a good site that I have found with some useful info on this token is:

http://members.aol.com/randywoo/bsahis/coin.htm

The token was found in Safford Az. in a burn pit I was digging through, no other structure near the pit. nor anything or shoe remenise was found. If anyone knows the value of this token please leave a reply.

Ryan.

 

[nedigger]

Found this one today near the corner of the lot of an elementary school in an older section of town. HH.

 

[allen]

would love to see a pic. keep on digging !!!!!!

 

[vwayne1]

Heres mine from about 10 years ago. They wee tied to shoes because they came with shoes made by the shoe company. Not a scout made item. But, very cool.

 

[lonewolfe]

Cool find!

HH

Lonewolfe

 

[ozzysdad]

I saw this post and had to dig out the one i found last year, Same year, But no swatiska? But thot i would share..