F1 Flap


Blue Book: F1

Description: This is the FIRST FLAP issued that was by lodge 413. Typically, it was known to lodge members as the "Old White" or "Wrong-Way" flap. This was due to the arrow pointing to the wearers left, seemingly in contridiction to the typical OA sash arrow direction. One explanation has been that prior to our lodge having a flap design, the lodge had always used the "Shield" patch (Blue Book X1) and that it was frequently worn on a white neckerchief. When worn on a Scouts back, the arrow would then 'appear' to point to the right. There are other explanations. At times in the earlier years, some arrowmen (not only in lodge 413) seemed to wear their sash over the left shoulder. It should also be remembered that until the mid-to-late 1950s the National Order of the Arrow rules did not specifically recognize lodge patches. It was only after the mid-1950s NOACs that flaps were officially recognized and thereafter that lodge 413 first adopted a design.

Because this is listed in the First Flaps reference book as the first lodge 413 issue, it is sought more widely than many other of the lodge 413 flaps, and also tends to command a higher 'value'. As a result it is fairly rare and difficult to obtain.

In the early years of the lodge, nearly all members were camp staff and some leaders. This would account for the relatively smaller numbers of flaps issued and found today.

Period of Issue:   Abt 1958 to 1962
Restrictions:       None
Quantity Issued: Perhaps 500 - 600
Characteristics:   Arrow points to wearers left; Lyons shape having much straigher sides than other issues of this period; Arrow fletchings poorly shaped; Cloud appears somewhat as a Gray mass or boiling shape; 52x127mm.

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