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Originally Posted by agzg
Other squirrels can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think any jewel is allowed on our badge but the diamond, because the all-diamond badge is only worn by the international president or past international presidents.
The most common (if a member wears a jeweled badge) is 14 pearls, or 13 pearls and one diamond. Mine is plain (no jewels).
In my chapter the tradition varies by tree. So, in my tree, one badge is handed down from sister-mother to sister-daughter and so on. I think that badge is close to 15 or 16 pass-downs by now. The sister-mother then gets a new badge. They don't generally get to pick unless they want to pay more than they already have (new members do pay for their badge in their new member dues). I think that's why we do plain, too, to keep the costs down for new members. In other trees, sometimes the sister-mother "loans" her badge to her daughter, but then takes it back when the new badges come in.
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I have my grandmother's 14 pearl badge, and never received the plain badge that was ordered for me. I don't mind that the chapter is using it for new members at initiation, and only ordered it because it was required for one to be issued to me. We can get a diamond point badge, which I really like, but I'd rather have a vintage one as the newer style is so much thinner and I'd rather "recycle" a badge than get a new one I'm not thrilled about.
What I really want is a guard that is the armorial bearings as I never get to display them and I think they are pretty awesome.
