Greek UNC Medal SCOUTS, 11 World Jamboree Mondial 1963 MAPAΘΩN in Original Box.

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GREEK MEDAL for SCOUTS in ORIGINAL BOX 11 World Jamboree Mondial 1963 Scouts Higher & Wider[ Extra Fine condition ]. =================================Characteristically: Diameter : 3.8 cm Height : 0.25 cm Weight : 25 - 26 gr Metal : CooperEngraver : Edis Kelaidis =================================It is the Commemorative medal has subject :11 World Jamboree Mondial 1963 ================================= With the word "Jamboree" the founder of the Scout movement, Lord Baden-Powell wanted to name the grand National and International Scout Camps, these merry gatherings where Scouts from every place of the world get to meet each other.The idea of the realization of such periodical International Camps in the pattern of the Olympic Games was expressed by the unforgettable Kokos Melas, General Chief of the Boy Scouts of Greece, during the First International Scout Conference, in 1918, in England.Baden-Powell adopted the Greek suggestion with great enthusiasm and the First World Jamboree took place in London in 1920 in a huge construction of an exposition bearing the -symbolic for the Jamboree- name "Olympia" (the place where Olympic Games were born in Ancient Greece). Since then, with the exception of the World War II period, World Jamborees take place every four years.The World Jaborees are joyful meetings of thousand of Scouts from different countries in the world. The purpose of Jamborees is to give Scouts the opportunity to get acquainted with each other and exchange experience and ideas as well as to tighten the friendship ties in a true brotherhood atmosphere.At the World Jamborees, Scouts from all over the world give way to language difficulties, different lifestyles, climatic and trophic idiosyncracies and build friendly relations, revive the ideals of global understanding and unity and return to their homelands carrying the message of spreading those ideals in their national boundaries.At the World Jamborees, children develop their energy and craftsmanship. They also develop the sense of courteous competition for the making of fine constructions decorated with national elements and for competitive games that along with joy, exalt the practical application of scouting knowledge and spontaneousness.In those ways, the World Jamborees make precious contributions to Scouting's effort to create the ideal world of moral, spiritual and material progress that rises from global cooperation.In the Jamboree, that was organized in Greece for the first time in the middle of August of 1963 at Skinias near Marathon, Attica, 14,000 Boy Scouts from 85 countries of the world participated. On the occasion of this grand event, more than 30,000 visitors from all over the world and more than 300 foreign journalists and reporters visited our country.The cover of the advertising leafletThe Jamboree's campsite took up approximately 5,000 sq. meters of Skinias, at Marathon Bay, about 26 kilometers away from Athens. The camp stretched just beside the 3 kilometer-long, pine-clad sandy coast. This peaceful and picturesque campsite was once a famous battlefield. In the year 490 b.C. a great battle for freedom and high ideals took place. After the end of the battle, an Athenian soldier, Phidippides, run to Athens, still wearing his armor, to announce the victory of his city. As soon as he arrived at the city gates he shouted "Νenikikamen!" (We have won!) and fell dead, exhausted from the fatigue. It was in honor of this intrepid courrier that the Marathon Race was instituted at the First Modern Olympic Games at Athens, in 1896, and is carried out in all Olympic Games ever since. In this same site, Scouts of the World gathered in the summer of 1963 for peace and high ideals.The emblem of the "Marathon Courrier", the newspaper of the JamboreeScout Higher and WiderJamborees were born in 1918, when Konstantinos Melas, General Chief of the Scouts of Greece, conveyed to Baden-Powell, founder of the Scout Movement, the idea of organizing periodical international camps for scouts, in a manner similar to summer Olympic Games.BP was enthousiastic about the idea and the First World Jamboree took place in London in 1920, at a venue bearing the symbolic, for Greece, name "Olympia". Ever since, scouts from all over the world gather in World Jamborees, in a new place every 4 years.In August 1963, Greece welcomed the scouts of the world for what went down in history as one of the best jamborees ever, the 11th World Scout Jamboree under the motto “Scout Higher and Wider”. To host the unique event, Greece offered one of its most historic and symbolic landmarks: the valley of Marathon.50 years after the 11th World Jamboree, the golden days of August 1963 come alive again. Browse through an unprecedented collection of facts, documents, photographs, audiovisual material and souvenirs from the "Marathon Jamboree". ================================= Payment instructions · All eBay methods .... Paypal prefered. The fast, easy, and secure way to pay online. · For any questions about payment and shipping instruction please don't hesitate to be in contact with me · Payment must be sent in 1 - 7 days of the end of sale Shipping Instructions and Cost · Items will shipped in the next 1 - 2 days after receiving the payment · Item shipped WORLDWIDE FREE with Registered letter · Shipping Insurance can be added for some countries but not USA. · Day of receiving depends from Countrie's Distance (5-25 working days). 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Location: Athens, Attiki

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