Background Colors Used on Position Patches The BACKGROUND COLOR of a badge of office would distinguish the level of service of the wearer of the position patch: Dark blue is used traditionally for Cub Scouting unit positions; middle green for Boy Scouting unit positions; those serving on District or local Council levels wear badges of office with light blue background; Area Scouters wear patches with dark green backgrounds; regional Scouters wear badges of office with "wine" or maroon backgrounds; and National Scouters wear patches with purple backgrounds. Additionally, National Scouter patches are fully embrodered as shown below. Those serving in positions which cross over to all levels wear white bordered patches. Something weird happened when the BSA created round badges of office for Exploring leaders. Under the original scheme, ALL Commissioner badges of office are in light red, or orange while professional badges of office are in a darker red or red. However, the BSA also created Exploring insignia using the Commissioner background colors and the "special position" border color (red). The BSA's justification for this is that red has always been associated with the Exploring program, and there should be little to no confusion between the "Big E" of Exploring and the Commissioner's wreath of service for Commissioners and professionals. Pack Committee Troop Committee District Committee Council Committee Area Committee Regional Committee National Committee (Women's) Reserve Assistant District Commissioner District Executive Staff Please help me by providing me full-sized scans of insignia items which do not appear here. I will take your insignia in trade, borrow them and return them to you within a week; or you can provide fullcolor, full-sized scans. I'll give you credit in the opening page for the contribution. Please help me to help other Scouts and Scouters in this project! Insignia mainpage Back to The Tree