Coast Guard

Coast Guard 1929 to 1934 Ribbon Scout Badge

The Coast Watchman was worn on the Right arm in between the shoulder and elbow.

Too earn the Coast Watchman you must achieve the following*

Must know every rock and shoal within the ?ve-fathom line on a four-mile stretch of coast near his headquarters. He must know the rise and fall off tides, both spring and neap, and how to ascertain the times of high and low water. He must know when the moon rises or sets and its quarter. He must know the set of the currents at all times of tide. He must know all danger spots to bathers and visitors. such as quick sands and places where  they are liable to be cut off by the tide, and what to do if they get  into difficulties. He e must know the best landing-places for boats and where they can ?nd shelter in bad weather. He must know the marks of ?shing boats which frequent the coast and the national ?ags of ships which pass. He must know the lighthouses which can be seen-from his strip of coast" and describe the lights they exhibit.  He must know the beacons, storm signals, coastguard stations, steam  ' -tugs, lifeboats and rocket apparatus, the nearest telegraph offices,  telephones and addresses of doctors available from each point and  the mercantile code of signals.

*The ways to earn the badge varied through POR