Neckerchief

The neckerchief is then fastened around the neck with the ends either tied or clasped with a slide or woggle.

Sailors in the United States Navy have worn a rolled black neckerchief since the American Civil War.

Baden-Powell copied Burnham's practical style of dress, including "a grey-coloured handkerchief, loosely tied around the neck to prevent sunburn".

Fun scarves are also used as memorabilia at Scout events and country scarves are often traded at international gatherings In Canada, while most groups use colour neckerchiefs, there is also an optional alternate universal pattern tartan neckerchief: white plaid on red for Scouts, gold plaid on dark green for Cubs.

Alternating thick and thin lines of the plaid spell out "CANADA" in Morse code.

[7] In Nazi Germany, the Hitler Jugend, Deutsches Jungvolk and Bund Deutscher Mädel all wore a black neckerchief as part of their uniform, usually folded under the shirt collar.

In many Communist states, members of the Pioneer movement wore a red neckerchief which was sometimes worn without the rest of the uniform.