Tarten Oval Patch Three Beads Patch

Proudly display this Tarten Oval patch to show your Wood Badge loyalty. This is a great gift for your patrol at reunions as a Thank You for the great memories. William de Bois MacLaren donated money to purchase Gilwell Park, a 55-acre estate, to serve as a training center for Scouters and as a campsite for Scouts. He also donated money to repair the house on the property. When Maclaren died in 1921. The staff wore a plaid scarf made of the MacLaren tarten in his honor. The axe and log totem was conceived by the first Camp Chief, Francis Gidney, in the early 1920s to distinguish Gilwell Park from the Scout Headquarters. Gidney wanted to associate Gilwell Park with the outdoors and Scoutcraft rather than the business or administrative Headquarters offices. Scouters present at the original Wood Badge courses regularly saw axe blades masked for safety by being buried in a log. Seeing this, Gidney chose the axe and log as the totem of Gilwell Park. In looking for a suitable recognition for