While the Seafarer Certificates section covers the most common unofficial certificates given for a person's accomplishments there are others. These were identified in the November 1952 All Hands magazine and in a document from the Naval History and Heritage Command in September of 2017.
Of those we were able to locate certificates and/or wallet cards for three (3) certificates that a person should not want to receive. Although their nature was to make light of a bad situation they really are -
3 UNWANTED CERTIFICATES
The "GOLDFISH" Club
The oldest and largest is the "GOLDFISH" Club. It was organized among fliers of the Royal Air Force; however, its members included Americans, French, Australians, New Zealand, Dutch, Canadian, Norwegian, Czechoslovakian, South African, and Belgian airmen. The organization was founded by Lt.Col. F. Baden-Powell Weil, Royal Air Force, Managing Director of P.B. Cow and Co., manufacturers of air-sea rescue equipment. To qualify for membership, one had to ditch or parachute into the sea and survive by use of a rubber dingy.
The insignia for the Goldfish Club is a goldfish with white upswept wing, leaping over two blue waves, all embroidered on black cloth. However, versions do exist on colors other than black, probably due to the shortage of cloth during the war. Most of the insignia was embroidered on donated material. For two or more trips in the sea, an additional blue wave could be added for each occurrence. The badge was never worn on the outside of the uniform, but was sewn on the underside of the lapel.
The "SEA SQUATTERS" Club
The "Sea Squatters" Club was organized in the United States by the Walter Kidde Company, 140 Cedar Street, New York, New York. A manufacturer of Mae Wests and rubber life rafts. Membership is open to all allied airmen who have been forced down at sea and either used a rubber life raft, survived without having had a raft, or were able to stay with their plane. Sea Squatters Club insignia is a small metal gold sitting duckpin.
The "CATERPILLAR" Club
The Caterpillar Club insignia is found in several types;
One type is a small metal caterpillar with red enamel eyes with the manufacturer's name appearing on the back.
The second type is a red, white and blue pin with a man suspended from a silver parachute. The back has aspace for the member's name, the parachute manufacturer's name, and wording relating to the member being saved or making an emergency parachute jump.
A third type is a cut-out design of a man suspended from a parachute, the manufacturer's name appears on the back.
A fourth type is a winged parachute with the "IRVIN" (Irvin Parachute Company) on the front. The back is blank.