WW1 COLLAR DISCS & INSIGNIA HELP

[tony75]

Hi

does anyone have any idea what these discs stand for

any idea on the bear

thank you for your time and help

Tony

[manayunkman]

Interesting insignia.

 

I have never seen them before.

 

They might be military school related.

 

The suspension bar with the bear might be from California ?

[RustyCanteen]

I don't recognize the two discs offhand, but the "SATC" insignia is for the "Student Army Training Corps".

 

RC

[atb]

I think (but I do not remember from where I might have seen these ID's) CCC or Dept of Agriculture related-- Soil Conservation Service and Soil Protection Service from the 1930's. The Army was not the only organization to wear collar disks.

[tony75]

Hi

thank you all for the help and info very interesrting

thank you

Tony

[Mitter2k1]

The bear may be a convention pin from the American Legion. I've seen some of them mixed in with stuff when I've been digging around on the Internet. I haven't specifically seen that one though.

[Usa1918]

The SPS is for "State Park Service" SCS is for "Soil Conservation Service" (ref: The Collar Disk Story by Scipio) SATC is for "Student Army Training Corp"

[tony75]

Hi

thank you all for your time and help

very interesting

Tony

[Tolzer]

Update to your S.C.S Collar Disk.

 

Non Military

 

You have  a S.C.S. Soil Conservation Service Corps Collar Disk

 

MOST conservationists are familiar with the contributions the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) made to forestry and recreational projects for the established conservation agencies of the 1930s, the Forest Service and National Park Service. But other agencies or their predecessors, such as the Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Land Management, and Soil Conservation Service (SCS), also made use of CCC labor. For example, CCC work enabled SCS to demonstrate the value of conservation activities. The federal role in soil and water conservation, therefore, did not end after the Great Depression and the termination of emergency employment programs.

[Mike Bilbo]

I'm actually looking for two SCS collar discs for a living history impression of a CCC camp commander.  The camp commanders were U.S. Army officers in the Organized Reserve and would wear collar discs of a sponsoring organization.  My impression will be that of a captain at SCS-6/Camp 836 next to Fort Stanton State Historic Site, New Mexico.  The uniform patch will be the pre-WWII Organized Reserve 103rd Division, two of which I'm also on the hunt for (the patch colors and design are slightly different than the WWII 103rd Division patch)

[JWJ]

Anyone know what the BGS Collar Disc stands for? I’m stumped!

[Remark]

57 minutes ago, JWJ said:

Anyone know what the BGS Collar Disc stands for? I’m stumped!

I have looked a bit in the past and never had a great answer. 

 

The BGS discs turn up a lot with Texas ROTC discs.  So I would lean towards some Texas school ROTC program.  Maybe Blooming Grove (High) School.

[JWJ]

Thank you - a mystery for the ages…