Wisumahi Lodge Issues: A continuing project...Rounds, Flaps and other items -- in chronological order This website is an ongoing attempt to provide accurate information regarding the issues of Wisumahi Lodge 478. 478 patches are among the most difficult to identify and the authors have yet to find anyone with a complete collection. Perhaps such a collection exists in real life, but an image collection is all that we have been able to obtain. Two members of Wisumahi Lodge (Gene Carmean and Joe Rosenthall) and Ron Price of Atsa 380 have collaborated in this effort to create this library. Part of the motivation for this site is to provide clear images and descriptions of the patches issued. The numbering system differs from other publications, due primarily to problems in chronological order. It was decided to simply number the patches in the order they were issued. MVE - Many Varieties Exist. We have tried to provide images of all of the patches without going crazy (i.e., going down to the individual thread level on each patch). New numbers are given when there is a significant change such as a change in the color of the arrowhead. Minor changes such as the width of the middle W are listed as varieties (a, b, or c). This is an ongoing effort. If you can find errors, please let us know. If you have issues not listed, please share that information. The email address is at the bottom of this page. No images on this page may be used for commercial purposes.
Rounds
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| Issue
& Variety |
Border Color/Type |
Background Color |
Name Color |
Notes | |||
| R1a | BLU | C | WHT | RED |
1952. 96mm. Gold arrowhead, red arrow with triangular tip. The neckerchief photo at the very top of the rounds section is Joe Rosenthal's neckerchief. He received this in 1954. The image directly below is a mint R1. Bluebook: R3A. | ||
| Issue
& Variety |
Border Color/Type |
Background Color |
Name Color |
Notes | |
| R1b | BLU | C | WHT | RED |
1952. 96mm. Gold arrowhead, red arrow with triangular tip, twill background. Bluebook: R3b. |
| Issue
& Variety |
Border Color/Type |
Background Color |
Name Color |
Notes | |||
| R2 | BLU | C | WHT | RED |
1953. 75mm. Small issue, yellow arrowhead, no border around arrowhead.. Bluebook: R1a. Note: Bluebook claims there is another small round (R1b) with arrowhead tail feathers touching the letters. No example of this patch has been found. | ||
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Issue & Variety |
Border Color/Type |
Background Color |
Name Color |
Notes | |
| R3 | BLU | C | WHT | RED |
75mm. Small issue, border around arrowhead. Bluebook: R2. |
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1971. Border around gold
arrowhead. Triangular arrowhead. Twill on white background. Bluebook:
R7a.
1955. 136mm x 85mm. Blue base material. Designed by Lodge Chief
Bob
Dick and Andy Bisaccia, the S1 flaps were first sold to Wisumahi members at an Ordeal at Camp
Arataba in 1956.
Bluebook: S1a.
1955. Same as S1a, except black base material.
Issued simultaneously with S1a.
Bluebook:
S1b.
Same as S1b, except
narrow middle W and light orange arrowhead. Bluebook:
S1c. 60 x 128mm.
1959. Gold arrowhead. Designed to be smaller in order to fit on pocket at the suggestion of Joe Rosenthal's mother.
Bluebook: S2a. 60 x 128mm.
1960. Same as S2a except the weave around the eagle is a looser zigzag. Bluebook S2b.
51 x 113mm. 1964
(OR older). In the summer of 1968, Gene Carmean was on the Camp Staff at Camp Helendade. One of the adult leaders was Sam Tate. Sam Tate wore the small S3 flap on his uniform. These small flaps were extremely hard to come
by in the late 60s.
Bluebook: 7a.
58 x 125 mm. Light orange arrowhead. 3mm wide "W."
Bluebook: S3b.
58 x 125 mm. 1965. Light orange arrowhead.
4mm wide "W." Bluebook:
S3c.
58 x 125 mm. 1967.
Same as S4 but dark orange arrowhead. Bluebook:
S3a.
1968. 58 x 128mm.
Bluebook:
S4a. .
1968. 58 x 128mm.
Same as S6a, except W is narrow.
Bluebook: S4b
1969. 56 x 130mm. Dark orange arrowhead. 2mm
middle "W."
Bluebook:
S5a.
1969. 56 x 130mm. Light orange arrowhead. 5mm middle "W." Bluebook:
S5b.
1969. 56 x 130mm.
3mm middle "W."
Dark orange arrowhead.
Bluebook:
S5c.
56 x 120mm. 1970. A
metalic blue.
Bluebook:
S6c. 50 x 120mm.
1970. Middle W
width is 3mm. Light Orange
Arrowhead. Bluebook:
S6b. A S9b variety is identical except it has a
dark orange arrowhead (Bluebook S6a).
51 x 113mm. Middle W is
4mm.
Issued in 1971.
Identical to S3 except has red thread throughout black background. S3 and
s10ab were issued several years apart. At the 1971 NAOC in Illinois, Gene Carmean took around 200
"a" flaps with me to trade. Joe Urlaub and
I went to that conference together.
Alan O'Conner from Maya 354 gave me a ride home... or at least as far as Reno.
Bluebook:
S7b.
S10b is identical
without the red stitches and has a darker gold
arrowhead. As pictured, the b is on the top, the a is below.
52 x 118 mm. 1971. A metallic blue with a red orange arrowhead. Bluebook:
S8.
1972.
"Death flap." The third consciously designed S issue.
Bluebook:
S9
2009 Historical
issue by 127. Wisumahi Lodge IssuesA Shapes
Unofficial and Fakes
This is an ongoing effort. If you know of other patches not listed, let me know. Send any Notes to Gene4 at aol.com. If you have other documentation or old camp pictures with flaps, old uniforms, any evidence of order, send it along.
ORIGINAL ARTWORK FOR THE R1.
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1957 12-A Conference patch hosted by Wisumahi Lodge.
2004 Vigil Reunion Patch hosted at Camp Helendade.
