Read your post and shifted to boy scout history and came up with this about webelos.
A lot more info on the boy scouts web site.
The Webelos rank was created in 1941. The Webelos badge at this time was the familiar Arrow of Light Badge. The Webelos den idea encouraging the transition into Boy Scouts was put into effect in the spring of 1954. A Webelos den badge of a blue W in a gold diamond was introduced. They were still called Cub Scouts until the term Webelos Scout was introduced in 1967 when 15 activity badges were introduced and the Lion badge was dropped. The Arrow of Light then became Cub Scoutings highest honor seperate from the Webelos rank.
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Webelos Colors
The Webelos colors were introduced with the "new" Webelos program in 1967. This program offered metal pins referred to as Activity Badges for meeting requirements. But whre to put the badges on the uniform that would not detract from other awards and clutter the uniform?
It is comprised of woven red, gold and a green streamer on a metal bar. The metal bar has a blue backing with gold border and letering spelling out Webelos. It is thought that the colors represented the various levels of Scouting; gold for Cub Scouts, green for Boy Scouts, and Red for Explorers. The "assigned" colors changed in 1980 with the Boy Scouts and Explorer colors reversing as new uniforms were introduced.
Maybe some help for you
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Dan R.
