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Badge Guide

The cadet program is filled with new and exciting opportunities. Collecting badges for your uniform shows everything you've done!

Step 1: How to sew on a badge.

All badges sewn onto your uniform are done in the same way. Every badge, crest and insignia has a thicker border to it. The thread you use must match the badge border. In sea cadets that color is black, 99% of the time. You must sew the badge on using the correct color thread using a straight stitch on the badge border. Sewing inside the badge (not on the border) or using a cross stitch over the border is incorrect.

In this diagram we illustrate the correct and incorrect stitching patterns. Please note that the color white was used to highlight the correct location. Black thread would have been used in this example.
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Correct
Straight stitch done with a machine on badge borders.
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Incorrect
Stitching done by hand overlapping badge border.

Step 2: Your new uniform!

When you first receive your new uniform it will be your responsibility to ensure that the required badges and insignia are in their correct positions.
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Step 3: Your first promotion!

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