Walter von Bonstetten

Walter von Bonstetten (June 5, 1867 - November 4, 1949) was an early Swiss Guide and Scout Movement Scouting notable.

Von Bonstetten served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1927 until 1947.

He was awarded the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, in 1937.

From 1918 until 1927 he served as President of the Swiss Boy Scouts. [ cite book
author= M.v.Wattenwyl
title = Einige Angaben über die Entwicklung des Schweizer Pfadfinderbundes (1913-1966) (Appendix to Pfadfinder-Ein Handbuch der Erziehung von Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell)
publisher = Polygraphischer Verlag AG Zürich
date = 1966
location = Zürich
pages = 313
language = German] He founded the "Scouts International Home" Association in 1923 later to be known as Kandersteg International Scout Centre. He served as Chief Scout of Switzerland from 1927 until 1934. [cite book
author= Schweizer Pfadfinderbund
title = Thilo-Schweizer Pfadfinder Büchlein
publisher = Pfadfinder-Materialbüro
date = 1980
location =Bern
pages =18
language = German]

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