The story
Compass roses, scout badges and a crest
The fleur-de-lis, a stylised lily, has decorated coins, crowns and coats of arms for the best part of a thousand years. Mapmakers also used it to mark north on the compass rose, and that is where Robert Baden-Powell found it: he adopted the north-pointing fleur-de-lis as the badge of the Scout movement, a sign that Scouts should keep to the right direction.
On this knife, the emblem appears on a shield split diagonally into blue and gold, with fleurs-de-lis in the opposite colour on each half, a device heralds call counterchanged. It suits scouting groups and collectors, and under the crest is a practical rescue folder with the seatbelt cutter and glass breaker expected of a fire department knife.
