Recon Village

Recon Village at DEF CON 25

The 2017 Recon Village badge-lineage start documented by the official Badge Life archive as The Original spy-silhouette electronic badge with a hardwear.io lanyard.

Las Vegas, Nevada / DEF CON 25 · United States · 2017

Recon Village DC25 The Original Badge

Recon Village's first Badge Life entry was The Original, a DEF CON 25 electronic badge with the village's spy-silhouette design, die-cut shape, hardwear.io lanyard, and foundation-of-tradition framing.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

Recon Village DC25 The Original Badge officially documented

badge design

Original spy silhouette

The official archive identifies The Original as the first Recon Village badge and foundation of the village badge tradition.

Compatibility: Recon Village DC25 The Original Badge

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

Recon Village DC25 The Original Badge note

missing rights-cleared image · local project policy · needs licensed original replacement

No Recon Village DC25 badge image is published because the official Badge Life page and site footer do not provide explicit reusable image rights, attribution, and processing provenance for catalogue publication.

The entry remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying official page imagery, screenshots, social media, or generated visuals.

Recon Village DC25 The Original Badge note

technical-source gap · official archive with limited hardware depth · needs deeper archive recovery

The official page proves the electronic badge lineage, spy silhouette, die-cut shape, hardwear.io lanyard, and first-badge framing, but no schematic, firmware, BOM, controller, battery, or production files were recovered.

The catalogue records the verified artifact without inventing component-level electronics or source-release status.

Resources

Recon Village Badge Life official badge archive · Official Recon Village source for the DEF CON 25 The Original electronic badge, spy silhouette, die-cut shape, hardwear.io lanyard, and image-rights boundary.

Sources

Recon Village: Recon Village Badge Life Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary official badge archive source for the DEF CON 25 The Original badge, first-badge lineage, spy-silhouette design, die-cut shape, hardwear.io lanyard, and all-rights-reserved image boundary.