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1986 Gilwell REUNION CREST Wood Badge Boy Scout Leader Training Blue Springs SWB107

DESCRIPTION: Vintage Boy Scout 1986 Gilwell REUNION “I WAS THERE” WOOD BADGE Leader training event crest from Blue Springs Scout Reserve, approximately 4” in diameter 

Condition:           New Like (the colour and image remain strong and vibrant, see image for greater detail)         

GOING FOR*:    $11.99 

The WOOD BADGE: A Brief History

The Wood Badge is a training program for Scouters initially developed by Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell in 1919.   The training was held at Gilwell Park in the UK and has been adapted by other Scouting organizations worldwide ever since.  This international acceptance was formally acknowledged in 1924 at the World Conference in Copenhagen.

There are a number of items that have been used worldwide to recognize the completion of Wood Badge training.  They are the leather Turk’s Head Woggle, Wood Beads on a leather lace necklace and the Scarf /Necker with a rectangular piece of Maclaren tartan at the apex.   The Axe and Log Totem is yet another symbol long associated with Wood Badge training.

Upon completion of the Wood Badge training Scouters become members of the 1st Gilwell Scout Group or Gilwell Troop 1 and are known as Wood Badgers or Gilwellians.

I proudly joined this group many decades ago. (I was not quite certain what I was getting into. For sure it was NOT one hour a week.)  If you are looking at this listing, I presume you probably are a member as well.   The history of The Wood Badge and the various items associated with it have always been an important part of my collecting passion for Boy Scout memorabilia.

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Gilwell Park and Axe in Log Symbol 

Gilwell Park   Gilwell Park is a camp site and activity centre in East London. The 109-acre (44 ha) site is owned by The Scout Association is used by Scouting and Guiding groups. As the original base of leadership training in the Scout movement, it is an important site of the worldwide Scouting movement. 

Axe in the Log Symbol    The symbol of the axe in the log is associated with feudalism that was instituted after the invasion and conquest of England by William the Conqueror. Within Scouting the axe-and-log logo was conceived by Francis Gidney in the early 1920s to distinguish Gilwell Park from the Scout Headquarters. He wanted to associate Gilwell Park with the outdoors and scoutcraft rather than the business and administrative headquarters offices. At Wood Badge courses, axe blades were masked for safety by being buried in a log. Seeing this, Gidney chose the axe-and-log as the totem of Gilwell Park. This logo came to be strongly associated with Wood Badge leader training and is still used on certificates, flags and other items.

Passionate about District / Area / Region Badges?

The trading & collecting of district badges have been a MAJOR focus of collectors of Scout memorabilia for a long time.  Youth and leaders alike attending Scouting Jamborees and other such events have traded such badges for decades. Vintage camp blankets were typically interspersed with these treasures.

This is one Scout collectible that I have never fully understood and do not collect. That being said, the length and breadth of this collectible is amazing.  Please check our other listings or our eBay store for other surplus items from my collection or items consigned to us.  Lots of deals on badges from across Canada. Great to add to your collection, for trading or for your CAMP blanket.  

The Canadian Badgers Memorabilia Club (CBMC)

I am very thankful for all the resources available from this organization for help in understanding and identifying DISTRICT and other such badges used in Canada, on many listings I have included the coding, the rarity rating and some of the information found in the CBC catalogue, however please carefully review the image and ask any questions about a badge just in case I have missed something or mis-identified a badge variation, consider joining this Club for full access to all of the resources

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