Wood Badge is a Scout leader training program, first implemented by The Boy Scouts Association in the United Kingdom in 1919 and subsequently adopted, with variations, by some other Scout organization
Wood Badge beads on a Gilwell scarf or neckerchief.
Wood Badge with three beads (training staff) and Gilwell scarf and woggle
King Dinuzulu, wearing what is possibly the necklace from which the original Wood Badge beads came
Clan MacLaren is a Highland Scottish clan. The grant of chiefly arms by The Court of the Lord Lyon, was a result of a petition filed by Donald MacLaren, for chiefly arms, in late 1957. Donald was the
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…different levels. The Gilwell scarf is a triangular scarf or neckerchief made of cotton or wool twill with a taupe face and red back, with a patch of Clan MacLaren tartan affixed near the point. The patch of Maclaren clan tartan honours William de Bois Maclaren, The Boy Scouts Association commissioner who donated…
An illustration of a 17th century MacLaurin clansman by R. R. McIan from The Clans of the Scottish Highlands published in 1845.
Clan MacLaren Memorial Stone at Culloden
The MacLaren clan crest on the 'old kirk' wall.