US Excelsior Boy Scout Shoe 1910 Token

[Randy Combs]

Dug this yesterday - US Excelsior Boy Scout Shoe 1910 Token. The Excelsior Shoe Company in Portsmouth, Ohio USA used the sw*sti*a on the back of its merchant tokens.






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[Wildcat1750]

Cool Vintage BSA token from the very early days of Scouting in the US!

 

[Mackaydon]

Some history:
[FONT=&quot] Forrest and A. Grave Williams, brothers, started the Excelsior Manufacturing Company at Pig Iron Corner in Portsmouth, Ohio around the turn of the century. Excelsior became the manufacturer of "The Original 'Boy Scout' Shoe for Boys". The medallions — considered the first United States Scout medallions — were issued between July 1910, and January 1914. The original group of medallions are dated July 1910, while subsequent issues omit all reference to date.

[/FONT][FONT=&quot]The Whitehead & Hoag Company of New Jersey and the Stamp & Seal Company of Wisconsin at different times manufactured these medallions.
[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Source: [/FONT]https://www.yourppl.org/history/items/show/5000
[FONT=&quot]Don.....

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[Truth]

These’s some history there!! I love tokens congratulations

 

[thrifty76now]

Those Boy Scout shoe tokens are cool items.

 

[Erik in NJ]

That symbol has been used back to antiquity countless times before it was used by the Germans in the 1930s. Notice it's also counter-clockwise (as opposed to the other more recent use) and was then used as a "Good Luck" symbol.

 

[Steve in PA]

Cool token. I dug one with my first metal detector 35 years ago and haven't found another since.

 

[Evan in CA]

Hey I was looking in the what is it forum today a saw that Loco Raindrops found the same token, check it out

 

[ArfieBoy]

Cool token, and with lots of history! Great find! Congratulations! Thanks for posting.

 

[Randy Combs]

Some history:
[FONT="] Forrest and A. Grave Williams, brothers, started the Excelsior Manufacturing Company at Pig Iron Corner in Portsmouth, Ohio around the turn of the century. Excelsior became the manufacturer of "The Original 'Boy Scout' Shoe for Boys". The medallions — considered the first United States Scout medallions — were issued between July 1910, and January 1914. The original group of medallions are dated July 1910, while subsequent issues omit all reference to date.

[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#444444][FONT="]The Whitehead & Hoag Company of New Jersey and the Stamp & Seal Company of Wisconsin at different times manufactured these medallions.
[/FONT][FONT="]Source: [/FONT][/COLOR]https://www.yourppl.org/history/items/show/5000
[COLOR=#444444][FONT="]Don.....

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Thank you for that great information

 

[Randy Combs]

Hey I was looking in the what is it forum today a saw that Loco Raindrops found the same token, check it out

Awesome, I will

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Cool Token!!! Congrats!!!