Scouting Medals

Scouting medals earned by the author
Rendered by Chad Krouse, 2025

One more off-topic post.  After I shared my renderings of various medals from orders and societies I belong to, a old Scouting buddy asked why not do Scouting medals as well.  Well, here goes.  Knowing the hard time I always get from this friend, I'll most likely get a "meh."

Above L-R:  Eagle Scout Award, God and Country (Episcopal), and the Kanawha Trace medal for completing the trail.

Kanawha Trace Medal
Rendered by Chad Krouse, 2025

Perhaps the unusual medal in the trio above is that of the Kanawha Trace.  Conceived in the 1950s, the Kanawha Trace is an incredible 31.68 trail located near Huntington, West Virginia as an hiking and backpacking outlet for Boy Scouts.  My Exploring Post was the inheritor of maintaining the trail and finisher medals were awarded to those scouts and explorers completing the trail.  My Eagle Scout project was even completed on the "trace."  I have lots of fond memories there.  Nowadays, there is a burgeoning trail running club hosting all manner of competitions along the Trace and keeping its pathways in constant use.  Please click here for more information on the Kanawha Trace.

BSA's Exploring G.O.L.D. Award
Rendered by Chad Krouse, 2025

Lastly, I've rendered the old Exploring G.O.L.D. Award which was phased out not long after I earned it in 1998.  The medal hangs from a white neck ribbon.  I received my Eagle Scout Award as an Explorer and received the G.O.L.D. Award during my Court of Honor.