Here is a very basic webpage that displays my (Chris Hall) new WHITE GOLD badge. This Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity's newest Brotherhood Badge is the first of its kind produced in more than 90 years (Jono says, "Hoover & Smith of Philadelphia did, in fact, make a variety of badges with plain Lambdas, but it was a long time ago - roughly during the period from 1913 to 1915")! The current manufacturer (The Greek Division of Herff Jones) will be releasing these badges into the market very soon. They are awaiting photography to come in, in order to put it on their website (hjgreek.com). Click HERE to download a document to read the forum discussion that led to the creation of this badge.
Once you've read it, you'll understand that there was no quick way to obtain this badge. Since I wanted this badge so much, I had to try to figure out some way to have it made for me. I looked around at local jewelers, but the prices were far too high. Soon, good news came in the form of a phone call from a brother and friend up at LCA Headquarters, Joe Klimek. Joe said that he had seen my "Frankensteined" mock-up and liked the idea. Soon, serious conversations were happening between him and our fraternity's Herff Jones representative to get my digital image of the mock-up into the production phase. Through a lot of trial and error, the jewelers worked to create a brand new mold (although to me, it looks similar to two pieces of other previous badges) and cast the prototype. That was sent to Headquarters for approval, and then given the go-ahead for mass production. I was contacted by Herff Jones to receive my special badge, the first one (other than the prototype) to come out of the new cast. I had it cast in white gold (although yellow gold and (perhaps soon) sterling silver are other options). So you can get a good look at it, and because the photography is unavailable online as of yet, I've included some fun pictures of my new badge. I hope you like it. I'm not sure exactly on the price at which the badge will be sold, as they sounded unsure on a final price during communications, but it seems likely that it will be sold on their website for around $100.00. For the record, I'm not selling this or in any way affiliated with the jewelers...just letting you know. I hope you like it! I know my future son will in a couple of decades.
A soft picture of the badge.
A detailed picture of the badge.
A picture of me pulling it out of the box.
A picture of the badge on wood.
Proud to be a Lambda Chi.
