The Scout Badge

[grumpy]

Originally Posted by leigh kitchen

1954? If you'd got a wiggle on it could've been a King's Scout Badge.

A friend of mine a couple of years older gained his King's Scout at about 16 years 6 months, the King died soon after the badge was presented, so friend Ginger, being of an original turn of mind and a glutton for punishment, argued long and hard that there was nothing in the rules ["Policy, Organisation and Rules"] to stop him doing the complete marathon again to become a QS. The District Commissioner found it easier to allow this than argue.
Ginger didn't get a second badge but he did get a second certificate, which may have made him unique to go along with being mad.