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These are a set of Wood Badge Beads, with definitive provenance from the original owner\'s grandson. The Wood Badge Bead holder was a Birmingham County District Commissioner from in the 1920\'s- from approximately 1920-1924.The Commissioner is Harry Cohen wearing his beads in 1931.The enclosed photo shows this Scouter, wearing both the beads and the Wolf\'s Fang, which is extremely rare since it was only used for a very short period of time to those who took Wood Badge in Cub Scouting, only in the U.K.Details have been verified with the U.K. Archivist Wood Badge records, held in Gilwell Park, in 2012.
This collection, with it\'s proven provenance, is exceedlingly rare to find and hold the ownership in definitive historical record.
The Beads, the Wolf Fang, and this ownership, has never been made available before, in either an sale or on , as far as I know.
Outstanding, once in a lifetime opportunity to treasure a glorious Gilwell Scouting Heritage.
Funds from this sale are to benefit the new Legacy Museum at Gilwell Park.
REAL GILWELL ACORNS INCLUDED !
But not the original Gilwell Oak (English oak carved Axe).
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