Noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, scarf.
(communism) A neckerchief worn by a young pioneer, typically red in colour.
(communism) A young pioneer.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgThe party delegate was one of those gloomy, tight-lipped persons who seem to have been made for wearing a red scarf round the neck and a tommy-gun slung from one shoulder. Giovannino Guareschi