Editing Eagle Scout (section)

===Badge===
Since its introduction, the Eagle Scout badge has undergone several design changes. Scouting historians have classified these badges into nine different designs, with several minor variations within each type.<ref name="grove" />

The cloth badge was introduced for Eagle Scouts attending the [[2nd World Scout Jamboree]] in Denmark in 1924 with a design based on the hat pin. The Eagle Scout merit badge was sewn onto the top of the merit badge sash that was also created for the jamboree. The design is quite similar to the current badge. As with other patches of the time, the rank badges were embroidered onto rolls of fabric and then cut. The edges were folded under before sewing the badge onto the sash. Initially produced on tan cloth, it was later switched to olive for the Scouts BSA uniform and white and blue to match the various Sea Scout uniforms. In 1933, ''BSA'' was removed from all of the Eagle Scout insignia, including the badge.<ref name="sage"/> The text ''Eagle Scout'' and ''Boy Scouts of America'' was added to the border, and ''Be Prepared'' was added to the scroll. These badges were embroidered with silk thread, switching to cotton in 1940.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nesa.org/become-an-eagle/eagle-award-history/|title=Eagle Award History|access-date=July 26, 2021|archive-date=July 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726145347/https://nesa.org/become-an-eagle/eagle-award-history/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The production of badges and emblems changed in 1956 to the rolled edge now in current use, thus eliminating the various colored backgrounds. The outside oval was then changed to red. With the introduction of the Improved Scouting Program in 1972 came an overhaul of many badges and emblems. The new stylized Eagle Scout badge with no text was a major change that proved to be unpopular. It appears that some Scouters commissioned reproductions of the 1956 badge for issue in place of the 1972 version. In 1975 the badge design partially reverted to the 1956 version. 1985 saw a reversion to the 1956 issue with some minor differences. The border and the eagle were done in silver metalized thread and the ''Be Prepared'' text was in blue. In 1986 the metalized eagle changed back to standard thread due to problems with wearing and the scroll and text were enlarged. The metalized border was changed to standard thread in 1989. Later variants increased the thread count of the white stripe to eliminate the visible background.<ref name="sage"/>

For the [[Boy Scouts of America centennial|2010 centennial]], all of the rank badges had ''2010'' added to the text. To recognize the Eagle Scout centennial in 2012, a new version was released with ''Eagle Scout'' and ''Centennial'' in silver and with ''1912'' and ''2012'' in gold.<ref name="Scouting2012"/>

In 2025, to coincide with the organization’s name change, the text reading ''Boy Scouts of America'' was changed to ''Scouting America''. <ref name=":0" />