Cub Scout Uniform Garments: Flashes


Figure 1.--These English Cubs wear their kneesocks held up with garters and green flashes.

Many Cubs around the world had special kneesocks with colored bands at he top on the turn-over-top socks. British cubs wore plain grey kneesocks. Many wore less expensive kneesocks with out the turn over tops. To keep up their socs, they would wear garters and decorative green fashes. Some other Cubs wore these flashed. Yellow flashes were to be worn by American Cubs. However as few American Cubs wore the regulation short pants and blue kneesocks, the yellow flashes were rarely seen.

Terminology

American Cubs would call the colored decorative cloth flashes. A British contributor to HBC reports that in Britain these flashes would be called tabs.

Countries

Many Cubs around the world had special kneesocks with colored bands at he top on the turn-over-top socks. English Cubs are most commonly see with flashes. Some other Cubs wore these flashed.

England

British cubs wore plain grey kneesocks. Many wore less expensive kneesocks with out the turn over tops. To keep up their socs, they would wear garters and decorative green fashes.

United States

Yellow flashes were to be worn by American Cubs. However as few American Cubs wore the regulation short pants and blue kneesocks, the yellow flashes were rarely seen.







Christopher Wagner






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Created: November 21, 1998
Last updated: November 21, 2000