Jamboree Patches and Badges

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THE CUNNING ARTIFICER
Roundel upper
A-M & D SCOUTING ASSOCIATION - UNAFFILIATED
JAMBOREE 2007
with badge logo
Scouting and Union Flag
THE
ANKH-MORPORK & DISTRICT
SCOUTING ASSOCIATION (UNAFFILIATED) purple
DISCWORLD JAMBOREE
PATCHES& BADGES black

Notes
Issued in conjunction with the Discworld Jamboree in 2007. The patches and badges were awarded for endeavours during the Jamboree.

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 Agatean Arts Badge
CCC-0001a
Yellow origami crane on blue field
AGATEASN ARTS BADGE
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A badge awarded for creative creasing, better known as the ancient and intricate art of origami or paper-folding.
This particular course concentrated on the techniques as practiced in the Agatean Empire, Discworld’s cultural equivalent of Japan.
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 Corsetry Lacing Badge
CCC-0001b
White corset on scarlet field
CORSETRY LACING BADGE
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Rather than an excuse for ogling ladies in their underwear, this was a course in the science of applied tensions and pressures and the effects they can have on the female form. Badge winners learned that in corsetry lacing, as in so much else, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, only with lace on top.
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 Clacks Signalling Badge
CCC-0001c
Triple white trapezoids on red field with grey border
CLACKS SIGNALLING BADGE
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In a world before texting there was semaphore.
This Discworld badge would have been right at home in a conventional Scout event. Badge winners were taught to send and receive simple messages with nothing more than a couple of flags and a lot of hand signals. Occasionally the message sent were the same as those received, but this wasn’t essential.
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 Deep History Badge
CCC-0001d
Stone arrow head on shades of grey
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This badge was awarded to budding archaeologists who explore the mysterious depths of the past with brush and trowel. In the Discworld Jamboree version, the mysterious depths were represented by a paddling pool full of sand, but the techniques were authentic, and supervised by real-life archaeologists.
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 Entertainer’s Badge
CCC-0001e
Banjo player in tie and tales with microphone blue and black field
ENTERTAINER’S BADGE
Reverse  The Discworld Jamboree included three ’performances’:
The Witch Trials (think sheepdog trails, only with witches instead of sheep), The Masquerade costumed sketches and, of course The Gang Show. Anyone taking part in any one of these, whether director, performer, stagehand or teaboy, was eligible for a badge. A badge suggested for those brave enough to be in the audience, but it never came to pass.
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 Jamboree Patches and Badges
CCC-0001f
Yellow male and female runners on red
FITNESS BADGE
Reverse  Taking Part on one of the more energetic activities of the Discworld Jamboree would be rewarded with the Fitness Badge, and this could cover anything from taking part in the Assassins Assault Course, building a Clacks signalling tower, lugging equipment, or the bending and stretching required for litter-picking.
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 Barber Surgery for Beginners Badge
CCC-0001g
Striped barber’s pole bendlet sinister white with red border
BARBER SURGERY FOR BEGINNERS BADGE
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Thankfully, this badge was awarded for theory rather than practice.
Led by two experts in Elizabethan and Civil War battlefield surgery, badge winners were introduced t the questionable techniques of the period.
Not one for the squeamish.
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 Signing Badge
CCC-0001i
Hand-sign L on yellow field
SIGNING BADGE
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With over 9 million hearing impaired people in Britain alone, Jamboree participants were given the opportunity to learn British Sign Language.
Waving hands around and looking silly is nothing new for a Discworld event. But this was also an opportunity to learn a useful skill.
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 Leech Wrangling Badge
CCC-0001j
Leech on blood and white filed
LEECH WRANGLING BADGE
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The terrifying art of Leech Wrangling, otherwise known as the history and practice of leeching the sick.
Demonstrated by two barber surgeon with no thoughts for their personal safety, this fascinating display was bleeding good fun. The badge required no blood-letting from the participant, merely a strong enough stomach to witness the process.
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 Orienteering Badge
CCC-0001k
Yellow compass on grey-green field
ORIENTEERING BADGE
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Participants were given a map of the Jamboree campsite with a number of locations marked on it, all they had to do was visit each marked location and note down the symbol displayed there. For real Scouts this would have been a walk in the park, but for Discworld scouts this was a major exercise in orienteering. Several managed to find their way only as far as the bar.
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 Needlecraft Badge
CCC-0001l
Thread on spool with needle on pink field
NEEDLE CRAFT BADGE
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In Discworld terms, a Seamstress has very little use for needle and thread except as a cover story.
Jamboree participants even chaps - were invited to be rather more hands-on, by making a needle case or a pincushion or doing a spot of embroidery.
After all, ’a stitch in time’ is next best to ’being prepared’.
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 The Capt Carrot Award
CCC-0001m
Portrait of Captain Carrot with banner THE CAPT CARROT AWARD yellow on brown field
CAPTAIN CARROT’S BADGE
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One of four special merit badges awarded in the course of the Jamboree Discworld weekend, this one was exclusively for youngsters under the age of 15.
This badge was sponsored by the Discworld character Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson to encourage ’making a little space in your head for everyone’, and was awarded for lending a land, running messages and generally being helpful.
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 Poison for Assassins
CCC-0001n
Stoppered bottle white with skull black on black field
POISON FOR ASSASSINS
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Discworld’s Guild of Assassins maintains the highest standard of quality inhumation.
This education lecture, Poisons and Antidotes: An Introduction for the Student, was designed for any parent of good breeding who might be considering enrolling their child in the guild.
Every precaution was taken to make the event as safe as possible, and survivors were required to take a short written examination to qualify for their badge.
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 Witching Badge
CCC-0001o
Silhouette of witch on broomstick black on purple field
WITCHING BADGE
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This focussed on the making of ’shambles’, the magical collections of odds and ends used to divine and protect, as described in Terry Pratchett’s ’Tiffany’ series of books.
Badges were awarded for the most interesting assemblages of bits and pieces.
An essential skill for all Discworld witches.
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 Art Badge
CCC-0001p
Silhouette of palette and brush black with red paint
ART BADGE
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Devised in honour of Leonard da Quirm. Discworld’s leading artist, the badge was awarded to anyone painting, drawing or sketching anything over the course of the Jamboree weekend.
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 Back Woodsman Badge
CCC-0001q
Fox foot print in mud field
BACK WOODSMAN BADGE
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Bears and wolves being in short supply on the playing fields of Wincanton Sports Centre, badge winners were required to follow a specially laid trail of ’animal’ footprints, then take plaster casts.
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 Magic Millinery Badge
CCC-0001r
Silhouette of lady in large ornate hat on purple field
MAGIC MILLINERY BADGE
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Not the sort of ,millinery that would get you into Ascot, more a master class in felting and the creation of pointy hats.
Badge winners were required to create a miniature witches hat from felt.
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 Baring the Knee Badge
CCC-0001s
Image on knee featuring short trousers and socks monochrome on brown field
BARING THE KNEE BADGE
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Another Discworld Jamboree exclusive, this badge was awarded to anyone, man, woman or child, prepared to wear shorts for part of all of the weekend, no matter how inappropriately.
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 Paper Plane Folding Badge
CCC-0001t
Paper Plane white on blue field
PAPER PLANE FOLDING BADGE
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Applicants were required to fold paper into a working airworthy plane and then demonstrate the model’s flight characteristics.
This airborne origami was conducted without the aid of parachutes.
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 Rune Carving Badge
CCC-0001u
Rune letter R red on stone grey
RUNE CARVING BADGE
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Rune: a letter or character of the earliest Teutonic alphabet, also a similar character or mark having mysterious or magic properties. Everyone attending the Discworld Jamboree received a ’goody bag’ among the items it contained was a plaster rune stone ready for carving.
The session included a masterclass in the reading of runes.
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 Juggling Badge
CCC-0001v
Jester in harlequin costume juggling 5 balls red and blue on yellow field
JUGGLING BADGE
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Badges were awarded to any applicant showing any promise whatsoever in keeping two or more objects in the air at any moment without artificial aids.
It should be noted that hand-eye coordination is not a skill associated the Discworld fans, who are more likely to practice hand-eye-mouth coordination, particularly in the bar.
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 Scout Patch for the 2007 Jamboree
CCC-0001w
Discworld Scouting icon black on mustard field THE SCOUTS - IN OMNIA PARATUS
SCOUT PATCH FOR THE 2007 JAMBOREE
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The ’official’ woven patch of the Jamboree given to attendees in their ’goody bags’, but was also sold as a souvenir.
It bears the motto of the Discworld Scout:
In Omnis Paratus - Ready for Anything
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 The Big Red Scouting Patch
CCC-0001x
Discworld Scouting icon yellow on red field
THE BIG RED SCOUTING PATCH
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One of three woven patches created for the 2007 Jamboree, the ’big red’ bears the official logo of the Ankh-Morpork and District Scouting Association and was sold as a souvenir of the event.
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 Camping Patch
CCC-0001y
Silhouette of bell tent top and camp fire bottom black on mustard field
CAMPING PATCH
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This patch was designed to symbolise the two most memorable aspects of any camping event the campfire around which all gather in convivial song and comradeship, the tent to which scouts then retire, tired but happy.
Unfortunately, the owners of the field wouldn’t allow a real fire to be lit, so this patch was sold as a souvenir of how things might have been, but weren’t.

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