Membership Pins

 The celluloid membership pin was the first pin issued to Lone Scouts from November 1, 1915 and was used until sometime during February 1916. It was included free with the membership packet. The membership packet also included a membership card, a small handbook, and a letter from W. D. Boyce, Chief Totem of the Lone Scouts of America, welcoming the new Lone Scout to the organization. It cost ten cents to become a Lone Scout. That price was never increased until the merger with Boy Scouts of America in April 1924, when the cost of membership went up to fifty cents.

The first celluloid membership pin for all
Lone Scouts

  

The bronze membership pin replaced the celluloid membership pin sometime in February 1916. It was included free in the membership packet just as the celluloid pin had been. This design introduced the arrowhead symbol used in later pins not only in the Lone Scouts of America but also for various alumni associations and is still used in modern pins commemorating the Lone Scout of America. Replacement and extra pins of this design were twenty-five cents. It was a die-stamped pin and incorporated, for the first time, the LSA initials as an integral part of the pin's design.

Bronze Membership Pin

  

The solid sterling silver membership pin was an embellishment on the bronze pin of the same basic design. It was not sent with the membership packet (the second bronze was still sent free). Replacement and extra pins of this design could be ordered for one dollar. This pin introduced enameling around the circular lettering and inside the LSA initials. It was a die-stamped pin and was issued beginning within a few months after the second bronze design pin was introduced.

Silver Membership Pin

  

The gold anodized membership pin was a further embellishment on the latest two pin designs. Like the silver membership pin, it was not sent free with the membership packet. The second bronze pin was still issued free with the packet. Replacement and extra pins of this design could be ordered for fifty cents. The lower price, as compared with the silver membership pin, was due to the fact that it was an anodized pin rather than being solid gold.
Gold Membership Pin