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Vintage Girl Scouts USA Collection – 50+ Badges, Patches, Pins, Insignia & Official Uniform HatFantastic collection of vintage Girl Scouts memorabilia spanning multiple eras, including an official Girl Scouts National Equipment Service uniform hat along with a large assortment of embroidered proficiency/interest badges, uniform insignia, pins, tabs and later event patches.The centerpiece is the vintage dark green/black service or envelope-style Girl Scout uniform hat featuring an embroidered GS trefoil emblem and contrasting braided piping.The original interior manufacturer’s label reads:GIRL SCOUTS
NATIONAL EQUIPMENT SERVICE
NEW YORK CITY
OFFICIALA second original label is marked:3-151
SMALLThe 3-151 marking appears to be an item/style number, not a date. The exact production year of this particular hat has not been confirmed. National Equipment Service supplied official Girl Scout uniforms and equipment during the mid-20th century, and Girl Scout historical references document this general service/overseas-style headwear during that period.Also included is a substantial assortment of older green embroidered Girl Scout proficiency and interest badges, along with membership/rank insignia, metal pins, uniform tabs and later council, event and commemorative patches.This listing includes the complete collection shown in the photographs — 50+ pieces plus the vintage uniform hat.Highlights include the official National Equipment Service hat, numerous vintage embroidered proficiency/interest badges, vintage metal Girl Scout insignia and pins, uniform tabs and rank pieces, and colorful later Girl Scout event and council patches.The collection appears to span multiple decades of Girl Scouting, making it an excellent group for a Girl Scout memorabilia collector, uniform historian, patch collector, former Girl Scout or vintage scouting display.Condition: Vintage/pre-owned condition. Individual pieces show varying degrees of age, wear, discoloration, fading and storage wear. The hat retains both of its original interior labels. Please examine all photographs carefully for exact condition, identification and everything included.Sold together as one collection. Nothing pictured is being represented as a reproduction unless specifically identified otherwise. Exact dates of individual pieces are not guaranteed.A very cool collection with considerably more character than a typical group of loose modern Girl Scout patches.
