Square knot insignia

Square knot insignia are embroidered cloth patches that represent awards of the Boy Scouts of America and Scout associations throughout the world. The insignia depicts a square knot made of colored ropes; the colors are generally dictated by the award the insignia is associated with.^[1]^[2]

History

In the earliest days of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), military veterans were urged into service as Scoutmasters. The first Scout uniforms therefore resembled military uniforms. It was common for these veterans to wear their military decorations on their modified Boy Scout uniform — a national uniform was not to be developed until the early 1920s.^[2]

Military tradition dictated that the actual medal from a military award was only worn on ceremonial occasions — at other times, it was replaced with a thin ribbon bar with the same ribbon style as found attached to the medal. This carried over to Scouting, whose awards were medals, similar to the military, but were most often worn as ribbons. These ribbons differed from the military style in that, instead of being the same as the ribbon for the medal, they were instead all the same - khaki coloured, with a woven square knot in the centre. The colour of this knot was dictated by the ribbon for the medal. The choice of the square knot as the common emblem was made by James E. West, who is said to have chosen it for its use as the knot associated with first aid, thereby reminding Scouts to continue to be of service to others.^[2]

Initial introduction

Initially, eight new ribbons were introduced and later a ninth, which represented the various national awards available at that time:

Further developments

Between the introduction of square knot insignia and today, over 40 new awards have been added. In addition, there are a number of unofficial awards using the insignia, and various other awards that use similar insignia but with different knots depicted.

Insignia of the Boy Scouts of America

Wearing insignia

Knots are worn in rows of three across the top of the wearer's left pocket. When less than 3 knots are worn in a particular row, knots are generally centered to the pocket, or the row below them.^[3]

Insignia available to youth

Title	Started	Ended
Eagle Scout
Arrow of Light
Explorer Silver Award	1954	1958
Explorer Silver Award	1954	1958
Explorer Achievement Award	1977	1995
Exploring G.O.L.D. Award	1995	1998
Young American Award	1954
Air Scout Ace Award	1940	1950
Explorer Ranger Award	1933	1951
Venturing Silver Award	1998
Venturing Leadership Award
Sea Scout or Sea Explorer Quartermaster Award
Youth Religious Emblem
Heroism Award	1977	2013^[4]
Honor Medal
Medal of Merit
William T. Hornaday Bronze or Silver Medal
Order of the Arrow Distinguished Service Award

Insignia available to adults

Title	Started	Ended
Silver Beaver Award
Silver Antelope Award
Silver Buffalo Award
District Award of Merit
Unit Leader Award of Merit	2009
Scoutmaster Award of Merit		2009
Varsity Scout Coach Award of Merit		2009
Venturing Advisor Award of Merit		2009
Adult Religious Emblem
Scouter's Key Award	1927
Scouter's Training Award
James E. West Award
Scouting Service Award ^[5]	2017
George Meany AFL-CIO Award		2017
Vale La Pena Award		2017
Asian American Award		2017
Whitney Young Service Award
William D. Boyce Award
International Scouter Award
Silver World Award
Commissioner Award of Excellence in Unit Service
Distinguished Commissioner Service Award
Doctorate of Commissioner's Science Award
Community Service Award
Scoutmaster Award of Merit		2001
BSA Alumni Award
Philmont Training Center Master's Award
Cubmaster Award		2012
Den Leader Coach Award		2012
Webelos Den Leader Award		2012
Cub Scout Den Leader Award
Pack Trainer Award		2012
Tiger Cub Den Leader Award		2012
William H. Spurgeon III Award
Sea Badge
Professional Training Award

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Square knot insignia.

"AWARDS - KNOTS; ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS". U.S. Scouting Service Project, Inc. Retrieved 10 June 2013.

References

↑ "Guide to Awards and Insignia". Boy Scouts of America. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
1 2 3 "Square Knot Insignia used by the Boy Scouts of America". 1 October 1999. Archived from the original on 14 May 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2007.
↑ "In the Loop: A Guide to Square Knots and How to Wear Them". 20 October 2012. Retrieved 27 Feb 2017.
↑ "Holding out for a hero: How the BSA honors lifesavers". January 23, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
↑ "Scouting Service Award Combines Five Awards into One Cool Square Knot". 17 Feb 2017. Retrieved 27 Feb 2017.

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