Not quite a patch question, but about one of the old Eagle medals...

[Kaji]

http://www.sageventure.com/scoutingcentury/eagle/robbins3.htm

 

I picked up a medal much like that one with its certificate at auction last fall. The metal parts are all in great shape, but something's got me wondering on the ribbon.

 

As you can tell in the picture, the red is supposed to be on the left side when looking at the medal from the front. Looking at my own medal and the pictures of every other medal on the site, there has been no variation in that theme at any point. However, the 1934 Eagle medal I have has the BLUE stripe on the left. At first I wasn't sure if maybe someone had deliberately reversed the ribbon at some point, but the white stripe on the front of the medal has been pierced in a fashion indicating it once held a palm, and there are no similar holes on the reverse (which would normally be the front of the ribbon).

 

Is this a minor error of some sort, or was there something going on at the time (perhaps associated with WWII?) that might have prompted someone to reverse the ribbon?

[Trevorum]

Terry Grove is the authority on Eagle memorabila. If you post this question to Patch-L, I'll bet you'll get an answer.

[Kahuna]

Sounds like the ribbon was replaced at some point and just placed on there backwards.