 The founders' badges were designed and ordered before the addition of "Epsilon" to the fraternity's name.Thus they had only a "Sigma" and a "Phi" inscribed on the lobes of the heart, with the skull and crossbones below.A last-minute telegraph sent to the jeweler requested that an "Epsilon" be added "somewhere" on the already-complete badges, so the jeweler replaced the bottom-most gemstones with a black enameled "Epsilon."