The Bronze Wolf Award is an award presented by the
World Organization of the Scout Movement
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM ) is the largest and, after the Order of World Scouts (formed in 1911), is the second-oldest international organization in the Scout Movement, having been established in 1922. It has 176 members. ...
for outstanding service by an individual to the Scout Movement.
Just over 400 people have received the Bronze Wolf since its creation in 1935. WOSM has restricted the number of recipients during the award’s history in order to maintain its significance. Currently, the award is limited to approximately one recipient for every two million members worldwide.
The award itself consists of a bronze wolf pendant hung on a dark green ribbon bordered by two narrow stripes of yellow.
History
WOSM first considered an international Scouting award in 1924. The topic was reintroduced 1932, with a decision reached in June 1934. The Bronze Wolf award was modeled after
The Scout Association
The Scout Association is the largest organisation in the Scout Movement in the Scouting in the United Kingdom, United Kingdom. Following the rapid development of the Scouting, Scout Movement from 1907, The Scout Association was formed in 1910 ...
's
Silver Wolf award.
On August 2nd, 1935, WOSM committee unanimously resolved to award the first Bronze Wolf to Baden-Powell.
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Recipients
Awards numbered 22, 50, and 84 were withheld, and number 342 was declined for reasons that have never been made public.Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej (5 December 192713 October 2016), titled Rama IX, was King of Thailand from 1946 until Death and funeral of Bhumibol Adulyadej, his death in 2016. His reign of 70 years and 126 days is the longest of any List of Thai mo ...
and Philippine president Fidel V. Ramos.
References
* '' Scouting Round the World''
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Awards established in 1935
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