Baltimore Area Council Scout Show Patches

Year Item Bkgd Border Edge Text Shape FDL Description
1958 Exposition round Pinback button with shifting design; 64mm diameter
1958 Exposition slide Leather neckerchief slide
1962 Scout-O-Rama Yel Yel/Blk N/C Silk-screened neckerchief; “Baltimore Memorial Stadium”
1969 Scout Show slide Neckerchief slide; clown puzzle
1970 Scout-O-Sphere Org Blu C Red dmnd4 “Diamond Jubilee”; globe
1970 Booster Grn Wht C LGr dmnd4 “Scout-O-Sphere Booster”; hand in Scout sign
1971 Scout-O-Sphere Yel Red R Blu/Red hex Globe and “I Was There”; “Timonium Fairgrounds”
1971 Scout-O-Sphere Yel Red R Blu/Red hex Globe and “I Was There”; patch with button loop
1971 Participant Yel Red R Blu/Red hex M/C “Scout-O-Sphere”; FDLs on globe; “Participant”
1971 Booster Yel Org R Blk/Org hex “Scout-O-Sphere”; Tiger on globe; “Booster”
1972 Participant Brn Yel R LBl/Yel odd Rounded triangle; “Scout-O-Sphere”; “Participant”
1972 Booster Brn LBl R Yel/LBl odd Rounded triangle; “Scout-O-Sphere”; “Booster”
1974 Participant Wht Blu R Blu round Yel Bicentennial star logo; “Scout-O-Sphere”; “Participant”
1974 Booster Wht Blu R Blu round Yel Bicentennial star logo; “Scout-O-Sphere”; “Booster”
1975 Participant Wht Blu R Blu/Red square Wht Stylized flag and tent; “Scouting Expo 75”; “Participant”
1975 Booster Wht Blu R Blu/Red square Wht Stylized flag and tent; “Scouting Expo 75”; “Booster”
1976 Exposition Wht Blu R Blu round Flags and council map; “Scouting Bicentennial Exposition”
1976 Booster Wht Blu R Red round “Scouting Bicentennial Exposition”; “Booster”
1977 Exposition Blu Yel R Red/Tan square Yel “All Out For Scouting Exposition”
1977 Participant Wht Yel R Red hrect “Participant” segment for Expo patch
1977 Booster Red Yel R Tan hrect “Booster” segment for Expo patch
1978 Expo Yel Yel R Red/Blu oval Yel “Wonderful World of Scouting”; globe
1978 Expo Wht Red R Red hrect Yel Silk-screened; globe with slogan; BSA stock
1979 Expo Wht Yel R Red square Red “79” with globe
1980 Expo Yel Grn R Red dmnd4 LBl Scout program logos; “Expo”
1981 Expo LBl Blu R Yel/Blu odd Yel Keystone shape; “Expo”
1981 Showman LBl Blu C Yel hrect “Showman” segment fits under keystone
1981 Salesman LBl Blu C Yel hrect “Salesman” segment fits under keystone
1982 Expo Yel Org R Red round Org Large FDL and tiny crab; “Expo”
1982 Salesman Yel Wht C Red arc “Salesman” segment fits over Expo patch
1982 Super Salesman Yel Wht C Red arc “Super Salesman” segment fits under Expo patch
1983 Expo Yel Grn R Red/Blu hrect Grn “Catch the Scouting Spirit”
1983 Jacket Yel Olv R Red/Blu hrect Olv Jacket patch; “Catch the Scouting Spirit”
1984 Expo Org Yel R Blk hex Yel “Catch the Scouting Spirit”
1985 Scoutcraft Jubilee LBl Red R Blk vrect Yel “Scoutcraft Jubilee”; BSA 75th
1985 Expo Segment DGr Yel C Yel arc “Expo ‘85”; segment for BAC customized BSA 75th patch
1986 Scoutcraft Expo LBl Red R Red dome Red “86 Scoutcraft Expo”
1987 Scout Show Grn Yel R Blk/Yel odd Yel Rounded vertical rectangle; “1987 Scout Show”
1988 Scout Show Yel Red R Red odd Tan Rounded vertical rectangle; “1988 Scout Show”
1988 Camping Segment Yel Red C Red arc “Camper” segment
1989 Scout Show Wht Tan R M/C odd Tan Angled; “The Adventure Begins…”; Pride of Baltimore
1989 Camping Segment Red Tan R Wht odd BBl Angled segment; “I Camped In Paul Bunyan’s Backyard”
1990 Expo Tan Grn R Brn/Red odd Gry Woven; Baden Powell; “80 Years of Scouting in the USA”
1990 Camping Segment Aqu Grn R Brn/Red hrect Red “Brownsea + 80 Camporee”; “Expo 90 BAC-BSA”
1991 Expo LBl Yel R Red/Yel odd Yel Rectangle with rounded top/bottom; “Bridge to the Future”
1991 Sales Segment DBl Yel R Red odd Yel “Expo Sales” segment; fits over patch
1991 Camping Segment DBl Yel R Red odd Yel “Expo Camporee” segment; fits under patch
1992 Expo Wht Yel R Red/Blu shield M/C “An Olympic Adventure”
1992 Camping Segment Blu Yel C Wht chevron Yel “Olympic Village”
1992 Sales Segment Red Yel C Wht chevron Yel “Expo Sales”
1995 Exposition Wht Pur C Wht/Trq odd Trq Oval with scroll; “Character Counts”
1997 Expo Wht Grn C Wht/Red odd Red Oval with scroll; “Scout Expo ‘97”
2000 Expo Grn Blk R Tan/Blk oval “Expo 2000”; joint issue with Girl Scouts of Central MD
2000 Segment LBl Grn C Red pie “Expo 2000” segment of BAC activity set
2002 Expo M/C Yel R Wht oval Yel “Scout Expo 2002”; FDL over US and MD flag designs

The earliest known Baltimore Area Council Exposition was in 1958; there was a Scout-O-Rama at Memorial Stadium in 1962, followed by a number of Loch Raven District Scout-O-Rama events in the late 1960s. The regularly scheduled Baltimore Area Council Scout Shows started in 1969; the event was marked with a plastic neckerchief slide that was a puzzle of a clown. The first patch was issued for the 1970 Scout-O-Sphere.

The 1972 Scout-O-Sphere was in October, and the 1974 Scout-O-Sphere was in May; I suspect that there was no show in 1973 because of the transition from the fall to the spring.

There was a strange run from 1978 through 1987 during which the patch was never the same shape twice.

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