MEDALS
BRONZE AND SILVER CROSS FOR SAVING LIFE MEDAL OF MERIT
For meritorious deeds. To obtain one of these will be the ambition of every scout.
These medals are only granted by the Chief Scout, or by the Scout President in a colony, on special recommendation from the patrol leader or scoutmaster, who should send in a full account of the case through the local committee if one exists.
These are worn on the right breast, and are awarded as follows:—
Bronze Cross (Red Ribbon). — For saving life at risk to own.
Silver Cross (Blue Ribbon). — For saving life or helping to save life without risk to self, but where life might have been lost.
(Gilt) Medal of Merit (White Ribbon). — For meritorious service, assisting police at personal risk, or for twenty various good deeds, such as stopping a runaway horse, helping at a fire, etc. Full proof of each deed must be supplied. Records should be kept by scoutmasters until the twenty are complete; then they should be sent up to the headquarters.
