 | The Permanent Wild Life Protection Fund Gold Honor Badge Certificate - 1929 |
 | Pre-1938 Permanent Wild Life Protection Fund Badge
Pre-1938 Permanent Wild Life Protection Fund Badge - reverse side. (Before they were renamed the Hornaday Badges) |
 | William T. Hornaday Award - Post-1938 Type I Badge
Post-1938 Type I Hornaday Badge - reverse side |
 | William T. Hornaday Award - Badge 1940
Hornaday Badge 1940
1922-1937
Permanent Wild Life Protection Fund Badge
1938-1950
Type I Hornaday Badge
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 | William T. Hornaday Award - Medal Type 1 1941
Hornaday Medal Type 1 1941
1922-1937
Permanent Wild Life Protection Fund Badge
1938-1950
Type I Hornaday Badge
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 | William T. Hornaday Award - Medal Type 1 1943
Hornaday Medal Type 1 1943
1917-1937
Permanent Wild Life Protection Fund Medal
1938-1950
Type I Hornaday Medal
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 | William T. Hornaday Award - Type I Medals Compared
A side by side comparison. The 1949 was cast with an
altered die. The PWLPF letters were removed from the
front and the Newman Jewelers hallmark was removed
from the back. It was the only one ever issued like
this and was the last Type I medal issued. There is a
twin to it that was never issued to anyone but managed
to find it's way into a private collection.
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 | William T. Hornaday Award - 1949
This is a one of a kind. The die was altered and had
the P.W.L.P.F. letters removed as well as the jewelers
hallmark on the reverse side. This was the only one
ever awarded although there is a twin to it that was
never awarded but made it's way into a private
collection. I labeled this one the Type I-B. The 1943
is the Type I-A as is the one (1941) previous to it.
Note - None were issued between the the 1943 and 1949 medals. The 1945 BSA Report to Congress
mentions that a hornaday medal was issued in 1945 but
the owner was located and it was the badge and not the
medal that was issued that year.
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 | William T. Hornaday Award - Type II Badge
This is the Type II Hornaday Badge that was first
issued in 1952. |
 | Non-Scouting Hornaday Award - 1954
In 1944 the National Foundation for Junior Museums
was created by John Ripley Forbes who grew up in
Stamford, Ct. where William T. Hornaday lived and
under Dr. Hornaday's tutelage, became a well known
naturalist and explorer. The foundation was created
"To perpetuate the memory of the late William T.
Hornaday through the establishment of this corporation
as a living memorial for the benefit of children and
others." It appears that this foundation was also
known as the “William T. Hornaday Foundation” and
currently appears to be called the “Natural Science
for Youth Foundation”.
In May 1954, the foundation voted to create a gold
medal for extraordinary leadership in the Junior
Museum movement on a national level, naming it the
William T. Hornaday Memorial Award. They also
authorized that Dr. Hornaday's words, "Open Wide To
Youth All Gateways To Nature", be inscribed upon the
medal.
To receive the award required no less than ten years
service to the field of nature study and conservation education. You could not nominate yourself for the award. The award was not and is not connected with the Boy Scouts of America.
The design included the winged badge that was the
logo for the original Permanent Wild Life Protection
Fund, which was created by Dr. Hornaday in 1913.
Instead of using a ribbon to connect the badge and
medallion, they were connected with chains as pictured.
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 | William T. Hornaday Award - Type II Gold Medal |
 | William T. Hornaday Award - Type IIA Bronze Badge
Type IIA Bronze Badge |
 | William T. Hornaday Award - Type IIA Bronze Medal
Type IIA Bronze Medal |
 | William T. Hornaday Award - Type IIA Silver Medal
Type IIA Silver Medal |
 | William T. Hornaday Award - Medal Bronze
Hornaday Medal Bronze |
 | William T. Hornaday Award - Medal Silver
Hornaday Medal Silver |
 | William T. Hornaday Award - Medal Silver
Hornaday Medal Silver |
 | William T. Hornaday Award - Square Knot
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 | William T. Hornaday Award - Adult Gold Coin
This was short-lived the adult Gold Hornaday Medal and was a National Council awarded
item to adults only. It had no ribbon and could not be
worn. It is similar in size to a half dollar coin. It
was replaced by the current adult medal which has a
neck ribbon.
I believe no more than seven of
these were awarded nationally each year and they
required ten years service. |
 | William T. Hornaday Award - Current Adult Gold Medal
This is the current adult Gold Hornaday Medal that is
issued on a neck ribbon. |
 | William T. Hornaday Biography
Read about the life of William Temple Hornaday. |
 | William T. Hornaday Books
This is a bibliography of books authored by William T. Hornaday. The example to the left was written in 1889 and is entitled The Extermination of the American Bison |
