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In 1911, 57 merit badges were issued by the Boy Scouts of America. Many of them exist to this day and are listed below in green. [1] Many of the others have been discontinued or reintroduced with different names.
Of the 130 current merit badges, 26 remain from the group of 57 original merit badges from 1911, and 104 have been introduced since 1911. An additional 90 merit badges were created after 1911 that were subsequently dropped. So, all together, there have been a total of 251 different merit badges.
Since 1910, BSA has offered hundreds of merit badges. The following is a list of all of them, together with the years when they were available. Note that in many cases, the same badge was offered under slightly different names and/or with slightly different requirements.
In 1911, 57 merit badges were issued by the Boy Scouts of America. Many of them exist to this day and are listed below in green. Many of the others have been d...
This is a list of merit badges formerly offered by the Boy Scouts of America. In some cases, the entire subject has been dropped from the merit badge roster. In others, the merit badge's name has been changed, with or without significant revision to the badge's requirements.
In 1911, the BSA manufactured the first official 57 merit badges and began awarding them. [1][2] The number of badges available has been as high as 127 in 1975 and again in 1987. [3] . As of February 2017, the number of badges available is 137. Merit badge types are identifiable by the cloth and manufacturing process used to make them.
Merit Badges All Merit Badges A-Z Eagle-required Merit Badges Tips and Guides Counselor Information About Merit Badges You can learn about sports, crafts, science, trades, business, and future careers as you earn merit badges. There are more than 135 merit badges, and any Scout, or any qualified Venturer or Sea Scout may earn any of […]
To obtain a merit badge for First Aid a scout must 1. Be able to demonstrate the Sylvester and Schaefer methods of resuscitation. 2. Carry a person down a ladder. {33} 3. Bandage head and ankle. 4. Demonstrate treatment of wound of the neck with severe arterial hemorrhage. 5. Treat mangling injury of the leg without severe hemorrhage. 6.
The 1911 handbook named the first 57 merit badges that were actually awarded. Early Scouts sewed their badges on sashes, like today, but the first sashes were homemade, and that is not the only way that merit badges were worn. Some Scouts wore their merit badges on their right sleeve.
The Invention merit badge was one of the BSA’s 57 original merit badges, all introduced in 1911. The first 57 spanned a number of subjects, from Agriculture to Taxidermy.