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Badge - World Rover Scout Moot Jamboree 1931

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1931

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Boy Scout Collection

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Round metal badge, with front image is sewn fabric and coloured cottons

Historical information

1931 World Rover Scout Moot Jamboree Swiss Badge BSA

The first World Rover Scout Moot, an international gathering for older Scouts (Rovers), took place in 1931 at Kandersteg, Switzerland, serving as the equivalent for Rovers to the main World Jamboree. Led by Scouting's founder, Mr Baden-Powell, it brought together young men from 22 nations for fellowship, activities, and promoting peace, establishing a tradition of these events held roughly every four years until the 1960s, evolving into the modern World Scout Moot.

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cwa-org-124-2019.92

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Inscriptions and markings

Inscription on back of badge: "1931"

Contextual information

Produced by the Swiss Scouts attending the First World Rover Scout Moot held in 1931.
Originally called the World Rover Moot, it was renamed the World Moot and then the World Scout Moot as scouting terminology changed.
"Moot" is an Old English word for a gathering.

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Badge

Year

1931

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Social or spiritual significance

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Tuesday, 20 January, 2026

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