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Border type: Rolled edge
Border color: Purple
Background material: Embroidery
Background color: Purple, dark blue, blue, tan
Backing: Plastic
Lettering: Light blue
Size: 128x61mm
Designer: Mrs. Steve Mikitish
Manufacturer: Krelman
Process: Loom
Other physical info: The purple background stitching is vertical and the
corners are rounded. The mussel has a silver mouth which
was a mistake. Subsequent similar issues have square
corners, horizonal background stitching, a pink mouth, and
whiter lettering.
The tan FDL was embedded in the tan river floor bottom.
Years issued: Late 1986 - early 1987
Number issued: 220
Restrictions: 1 per lodge function, 2 available when first sold at the
1986 lodge banquet.
Original cost: $4.00
Issue comments: The Kaskanampo lodge delegation to the 1986 National OA
Conference in Michigan consulted with some leaders of the
conference who were knowledgeable about flap design. The
delegation found that the current flap (S10 "Gold FDL")
did not properly identify the lodge totem because it was
unclear if the totem was the Indian, the canoe, or the
shell. It was also not clear that the item the indian was
holding was indeed a mussel shell. When the delegates
returned from the conference they recommended to the OAEC
that the lodge flap be changed. Five competing designs
were submitted to the lodge and the OAEC selected the flap
shown above. The mouth of the mussel shell was intended
to be pink, and it was later changed on the S13.
This design is one of the few underwater scenes produced
on OA patches.
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