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Gidney to go ahead in getting some beads made (like those of the Chief\u2019s which you have) ready for award at the end of the course.\u0022\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 1888, whilst serving in Southern Africa with the British Army, Baden-Powell visited an abandoned camp where Chief Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo, King of the Zulu nation, had recently been based. In 1925 he recalled what he\u2019d found,\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022In the hut, which had been put up for Dinizulu (sic) to live in, I found among other things his necklace of wooden beads. I had in my possession a photograph of him taken a few months beforehand in which he was shown wearing this necklace round his neck and one shoulder.\u0022\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003EAssuming the necklace, which consisted of several thousand beads, was the same one as in the photo Baden-Powell took it as a souvenir of the campaign and always referred to it as Dinuzulu\u2019s necklace. From 1919 the necklace was broken up and one bead was presented to Wood Badge course participants; they had to carve a replica bead to complete the look of the badge. This practice continued until the mid-1920s when the original beads were used up.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 1987, four Wood Badge beads were given to Dinuzulu\u2019s grandson as a symbolic act of returning the beads to their rightful heir. Today, volunteers throughout the world continue the tradition of the Wood Badge and receive replica wooden beads. 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