<P> The Eagle Scout badge is worn on the left shirt pocket by youth . Adult leaders who earned the rank of Eagle Scout as a youth may wear the square knot on their uniform above the left shirt pocket . The Eagle Scout medal is worn on the left shirt pocket flap of the uniform . It is usually only worn on ceremonial occasions, and can be worn by both youth and adults while wearing the badge or square knot . </P> <P> The Eagle Scout Award Kit currently includes the Eagle Scout medal, the Eagle Scout badge, a mother's pin, a father's pin and an Eagle Mentor pin . A variety of caps, belt buckles, pins, tie tacs, neckerchiefs and slides, bolo ties, rings, jackets, T - shirts and other items are also available for purchase . Official Eagle Scout insignia is controlled by BSA Supply and requires verification by presentation of an Eagle Scout card or other means before it can be purchased . </P> <P> Since its introduction in 1912, the Eagle Scout medal has undergone several design changes . Changes to the scroll and to the eagle pendant were not always introduced at the same time, therefore types may be somewhat mixed . Scouting historians classify these medals by the five different manufacturers and then by 17 sub-types, with several minor variations . Many variations were caused by quality control issues, mainly due to wear of the dies . During the 1920s and 1930s, some military schools allowed wearing of the Eagle Scout medal on the uniform . In order to conform to the medal system, the scroll was removed and the ribbon affixed to a standard ribbon bar . </P> <P> T.H. Foley made the first medals from 1912 until they went out of business in 1915 . The eagle pendant and scroll were of die struck bronze washed with silver . Early versions were made with a short double knot and later ones with a long double knot . Only 338 of these medals were issued, making them the rarest version . Some Foleys were issued with a drop ribbon--the ribbon was extended, folded through the bar mount on the scroll, then dropped behind the eagle pendant and cut in a swallowtail . The first drop ribbon style medal was issued to the fourth Eagle Scout--Sidney Clapp, a 31 - year - old Scoutmaster from West Shokan, NY . </P>

Benefits of being an eagle scout in the military