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[[Image:Olavebadenpowell.jpg|right|frame|Olave Baden-Powell wearing the Silver Fish award.]] | |||
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The '''Silver Fish''' is the highest award in the [[Girl Guides|Girl Guiding/Scouting]] movement. It is awarded for outstanding service to the movement. | The '''Silver Fish''' is the highest award in the [[Girl Guides|Girl Guiding/Scouting]] movement. It is awarded for outstanding service to the movement. | ||
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The award of Silver Fish existed from the beginning of the Guiding movement. It is mentioned in the November 1909 edition of the ''Boy Scout Headquarters Gazette'' in "The Scheme for 'Girl Guides'". Here a girl must pass seventeen specified efficiency badges.<ref name="Kerr">{{cite book| last =Kerr | first =Rose | title =Story of the Girl Guides 1908-1938 | publisher =Girl Guides Association | date =1976 | location =London}}</ref> However, in ''Pamphlet A: Baden-Powell Girl Guides, a Suggestion for Character Training for Girls'', also published in 1909, twenty efficiency badges were needed to obtain the Silver Fish.<ref name="ThreeB-Ps">{{cite web | title = Fact Sheet- The Three Baden-Powells:Robert, Agnes and Olave | publisher = Girl Guides of Canada Guides du Canada| url = http://www.girlguides.ca/media/pdfs/14-3/14.3.1.7.pdf| accessdate = 2006-09-28 }}</ref> This was later reduced to fifteen and, additionally, good all round work was required.<ref name="Kerr"/> The award was considered a sign of a girl 'who could make her way upstream'. | The award of Silver Fish existed from the beginning of the Guiding movement. It is mentioned in the November 1909 edition of the ''Boy Scout Headquarters Gazette'' in "The Scheme for 'Girl Guides'". Here a girl must pass seventeen specified efficiency badges.<ref name="Kerr">{{cite book| last =Kerr | first =Rose | title =Story of the Girl Guides 1908-1938 | publisher =Girl Guides Association | date =1976 | location =London}}</ref> However, in ''Pamphlet A: Baden-Powell Girl Guides, a Suggestion for Character Training for Girls'', also published in 1909, twenty efficiency badges were needed to obtain the Silver Fish.<ref name="ThreeB-Ps">{{cite web | title = Fact Sheet- The Three Baden-Powells:Robert, Agnes and Olave | publisher = Girl Guides of Canada Guides du Canada| url = http://www.girlguides.ca/media/pdfs/14-3/14.3.1.7.pdf| accessdate = 2006-09-28 }}</ref> This was later reduced to fifteen and, additionally, good all round work was required.<ref name="Kerr"/> The award was considered a sign of a girl 'who could make her way upstream'. | ||
In October 1917, the award changed to being given for outstanding service to the movement. At this time, the design also changed from a | In October 1917, the award changed to being given for outstanding service to the movement. At this time, the design also changed from a whiting with its tail in its mouth worn on a silver chain to a swimming fish worn on a dark and light blue striped ribbon. | ||
[[Olave Baden-Powell]] was presented with a gold Silver Fish in 1918, then the only one of its kind. In 1995, Betty Clay was presented with a gold Silver Fish in the form of a brooch. | [[Olave Baden-Powell]] was presented with a gold Silver Fish in 1918, then the only one of its kind. In 1995, Betty Clay was presented with a gold Silver Fish in the form of a brooch. | ||
