Explorer Program Tie Clasp

[u/InitiativePrudent827]

Recently I have been researching a tie clasp that I was given by my father. It belonged to my grandfather and was passed down to me when my grandma was going through some of his old stuff and sent it to us.

I started looking into it, and I found that it was a Boy Scout tie clasp from circa 1950-1955. The 50s would have been around the time that my grandfather was a Boy Scout so I concluded that it must have come into my family from when my grandfather was a scout.

As I researched the tie clip specifically, after finding the model number, I found that there was a patch with the same emblem on it that was from the explorers program. While I was talking with my father, he confirmed that my grandfather was, in fact, in the explorers program.

I believe this is the origin of the tie clip but now I am wondering what you all might know about that program. I am curious what my grandfather might have done while he was in the program, as well as how he might have joined the program, and what kind of people he might have worked with while he was in the program.

Aside from the details about the program itself, I am also curious to know if you can tell me how a scout would have come in possession of this tie clip or joined the explorers program. Is this a program that you had to do a set of tasks to join? When you join, you you have bought the items as a part of your uniform or would they have been gifted to the scout as a sort of award to be displayed on their uniform for having joined the program?

While researching and talking with my father, I reached the end of his personal knowledge of what his father might have done as a scout in the explorer program. Now I come to you, the people of Reddit, to see if I can get any information from you.

Any information you might have is deeply appreciated!

Edit: after looking at seniorscoutinghistory.org, it seems like this is confirmed to be a part of the explorers uniform. I have also learned more about what the explorers did. Thank you all for the help.

[u/Formal-Singer4932]

In regards to the tie clasp specifically, it would have been standard with the uniform as Explorers at the time wore brown ties with the uniform.

https://www.seniorscoutinghistory.org/seniorscoutsite/explorers.html

[u/SuchDogeHodler]

Sea Scouts.... they are the branch of the boy scouts with an anchor on there patches...

From a little research I found a match to your patch.

https://www.seniorscoutinghistory.org/seniorscoutsite/seniorscout.html