Invention

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Invention merit badge has been discontinued. (See discontinued merit badges.) For the currently active merit badge, see Inventing.

Invention merit badge
	Status:	Discontinued	BSA Advancement ID:	n/a
	Created:	1911	Origin:	One of the original 57 merit badges
	Discontinued:	1915	Replaced by:	Inventing (95 years later)

Contents 1 Invention merit badge requirements at inception 2 Notes 3 See also 4 External links

The Invention merit badge was one of the original 57 merit badges issued by the Boy Scouts of America in 1911.

Invention merit badge requirements at inception

Invent and patent some useful article Show a working drawing or model of the same. The official source for the information shown in this article or section is: Handbook for Boys, 1911 Edition View the change list (history) of these requirements. The text of these requirements may be locked. In that case, they can only be edited by an administrator. Please note any errors found in the above requirements on this article's Talk Page.

Notes

• Only 10 Scouts are known to have earned this badge.
• This is the most rare merit badge. No copies of this merit badge are known to exist.

See also

• See the new Inventing merit badge released on June 17, 2010.

External links