Knot Awards

Knot awards are those to honor registered Adult Leader. Most awards are "knots", which are representative of pin-on medals, around the neck awards, or award certificates. These knots are worn on top of the left side pocket on the uniform, in row of three with the bottom edge of the knot emblems touching the edge of the flap. Rows of knots are placed in a initial set in a rows of three and again. There are some non-knot awards, such as Amateur Radio Operator Rating Strip, Arrowhead Honor, and Leave No Trace name badges. If medals are worn instead, only five medals may be worn at a time pinned in a single row immediately above the seam of the left pocket. Keep in mind though that in case of the District Award of Merit and Professional Training Award, the knot is the only wearable insignia. I have few pictures of what these knot awards look like and I can only tell you how you can achieve these...

Here are a few awards you can get as a youth.

Arrow of Light
 - Must earn as a Webelos Scout. 




Eagle Scout

 - Must earn the Eagle Scout Rank in Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, or Venturing.
*Note* There is a National Eagle Scout Association knot award.

Youth Religious Award
 - Working with individual religious units.




There are more of these kinds of awards that most leaders can achieve. Some awards can take a long time, some will not take very long, and by nomination. Yes, there are awards that you can only receive if you were nominated by a council or district for any great deeds you have made that will help the organization. Before I forget to mention about this, there are limits to how many awards can you wear at a time. Here is a diagram that I pulled from wikipedia of how you can wear these...

Of course this picture is an original graphic made by Mike Walton. As you notice you can have 10 awards on your uniform, but you can have 12 instead, as far as what I have seen. You do not have to worry about positioning your first award in the center on top of the left pocket; you can get away with having it on the edge, touching the edge in other words. The requirements are online in a PDF file, however; some websites you may run into may be out of dated. Your local council should have the updated requirements for you to know what would need done in order to get the award. I have quite a few links you can check into if you are willing to do any of the tasks, or incase if you want to learn any of the awards. Just to let you know, there are some awards that have been discounted a while ago so make sure you do keep that in mind while going through the list. I wish you the best of luck on working to obtain these awards.

Here are a few web address that will take you to the website... If you have any links to share, feel free to comment below.

Meritbadge.org

Heart of America Council

Boy Scout Trail