Collecting Badges

Clerk / Scribe Khaki

Clerk / Scribe Khaki

Clerk / Scribe Felt Scout Badge Khaki 1910 to 1928

This badge was known as either "Clerk" or "Scribe" 

There were two Clerk / Scribe badges produced; one had the Quill and Envelope and the other was a Quill and paper.

First Issued in 1910,

This proficiency badge was worn on the right arm, starting from the cuff upwards in order of achievement.

To Earn the Clerk Badge*

Must pass test in handwriting, hand-printing, typewriting  (or as an alternative to typewriting, shorthand 20 words  a minute as a minimum), writing a letter from memory  on a subject given verbally five minutes previously,  simple book-keeping

* The requirements did vary through the years in POR.