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Medal and knot |
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Created | 1998 | ||
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The Silver Award is the highest award in the Venturing program of the Boy Scouts of America. It requires Venturers to first earn one of five Bronze Awards, earn the Gold Award, have one year's tenure in a crew, and fulfill requirements relating to emergency preparedness, leadership skills, and ethics-in-action.[1]
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The award consists of a medal suspended from a white ribbon with green stripes; the ribbon is suspended from an antique silver colored bar bearing the word VENTURING. The medal is an antique silver colored roundel with red, white and blue enameled stripes, the universal Boy Scout logo at the top with a superimposed eagle in flight, and the words VENTURING SILVER in the border.
Recipients may wear the corresponding square knot insignia, with a silver knot and border on a green and white background on the BSA uniform.
The original Silver Award was first issued from 1949 to 1954 as part of the BSA's Explorer program.[2] The award was restyled in 1954 and awarded through 1958 when Explorer was renamed to Exploring and advancement was dropped. Air Explorers continued to be able to earn this award through 1964.[3] A total of 18,047 Explorers earned the Silver Award between 1949 and 1958.[4]
The award was re-introduced in 1998 as part of Venturing and its current design is similar to its historic counterpart.[5]
The purpose of the Silver Award is to:[6]
The Silver Award is the highest award in the Venturing program. Using the United States Military as the model, silver awards are higher than gold awards in the BSA.[7] [8]
The highest awards in other BSA membership divisions are: the Cub Scouting Arrow of Light, the Boy Scouting Eagle Scout, and the Varsity Scouting Denali Award. Other Scouting movements and many non-Scouting organizations have similar programs and awards.
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