Chay Hong Leng
| Company type | Award |
|---|---|
| Industry | Scouting |
| Founded | 1935 |
| Founder | World Organization of the Scout Movement |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Bronze wolf medallion on a dark green ribbon with two thin yellow stripes |
The Bronze Wolf Award is bestowed by the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) to recognize outstanding personal contributions to the global Scout Movement. Since its establishment in 1935, this distinction has been granted to slightly more than 400 individuals. To maintain its prestige, WOSM restricts the number of awardees to roughly one for every two million members worldwide.
The decoration consists of a bronze wolf medallion suspended from a dark green ribbon accented with two thin yellow stripes.
History
The idea of creating an international Scouting honor was initially explored by WOSM in 1924 and revisited in 1932, culminating in a formal decision in June 1934. The Bronze Wolf took inspiration from The Scout Association’s Silver Wolf award. On August 2, 1935, the WOSM committee unanimously agreed to present the inaugural Bronze Wolf to Baden-Powell.
Recipients
Certain award numbers—22, 50, and 84—were intentionally left unassigned, while number 342 was declined for reasons not publicly disclosed.
| Award number |
Year awarded |
Name | Position | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1935 | Robert Baden-Powell | Chief Scout of the World for WOSM; Chief Scout of The Boy Scouts Association | United Kingdom | |
| 2 | 1937 | Walther von Bonstetten | President and Chief Scout of Schweizer Pfadfinderbund; founder of Kandersteg International Scout Centre | Switzerland | |
| 3 | 1937 | Hubert S. Martin | Director of WOSM bureau; international commissioner for The Boy Scouts Association | United Kingdom | |
| 4 | 1937 | J. S. Wilson | Camp chief at Gilwell Park for The Boy Scouts Association | United Kingdom | |
| 5 | 1949 | Ove Holm | Member of WOSM committee; organizer of the 2nd World Jamboree held in Denmark, 1924 | Denmark |
Among those honored are prominent leaders including Hamengkubuwono IX, Vice President of Indonesia; Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden; Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg; King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand; and former Philippine president Fidel V. Ramos.
References
- Scouting Round the World
- In Support of World Scouting – Triennial Report
- László Nagy, 250 Million Scouts, Dartnell Publishers, 1985
External links
- Liste des personnes distinguées du Loup de bronze – French Scoutopedia
- Full list of Japanese recipients (archived)
- Photos of holders of the Bronze Wolf Award (archived)