Thumbnail | Item | Bkgd | Border | Edge | Text | Shape | FDL | Description |
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Law Enforcement Day 1968 | Wht | Wht | C | Red | shield | DYl | Badge; Eagle above shield | |
Law Enforcement Day 1969 | Gry | Yel | C | Red | shield | Red | Badge; Eagle inside shield | |
Law Enforcement Day 1971 | Olv | Olv | R | Blu | hex | yel | Six-pointed star Sheriff’s badge | |
Law Enforcement Day 1973 | Wht | Blu | R | Red/Blu | oval | Blu | Scout sign and scales; “A Lot More Today” | |
Law Enforcement Day 1975 | Wht | Wht | R | Red/Blu | round | Yel | Badge; “Justice Through Law” | |
Law Enforcement Day 1977 | Yel | Blu | R | Red/Blu | square | Tan | Scout sign and scales; “No Crime” symbol | |
Law Awareness Day 1979 | Wht | Red | R | Blu/Red | square | Yel | Scales, Webelos, Scout, and Explorer logos | |
Law Awareness Day 1981 | Blu | Tan | R | Red/LBl | round | Red | Badge; “A Force For Good” | |
Law Awareness Day 1983 | Wht | Wht | R | Red/Blu | round | Blu | Badge; “Justice Through Law” | |
Law Awareness Day 1985 | LBl | Blu | R | Blu | round | Blu | Badge; “Justice Through Law”; “BSA-BAC-GSCM” | |
Law Awareness Day 1987 | Wht | BBl | R | Red/Blk | square | Yel | Scout sign and scales; “No Crime” symbol |
The first Baltimore Area Council “Law Enforcement Day” patch was issued in 1968; the event was held again the following year, and then continued every other year through at least 1987. In 1979 the name changed to “Law Awareness Day”. The 1985 event was co-sponsored with the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland (hence the “GSCM” designation on the patch).
The patches from 1971, 1973, 1975, and 1977 match the shape and general design of other Baltimore Area Council event issues from the same year. Many Law Day patch designs were repeated; 1981, 1983, and 1985 feature the same badge on round patches, and the 1977 and 1987 patches also use the same design.
I do not know of any patches from Law Day events prior to 1968 or after 1987.