The International Alpine Solidarity Silver Plaque Award  was born in Pinzolo in 1972 from an idea of Cavalier Angiolino Binelli.  From his stubborn determination and intuition to make and develop . this Award; he wanted it  to be a way to remember  the twenty years of the foundation of the first Alpine Rescue Station, of which he was the president,  established in Italy on May 22, 1952  in the Val Rendena town of Pinzolo.   With this initiative, he intended to  give  merit and pay tribute to all those nameless and faceless volunteers who generously spend themselves  often at the risk of their lives, to go  where help is needed.

Since then, the awarding of the prestigious award has become a regular appointment for the Pinzolo community. It is held every year in September, usually on the third Saturday of the month, in the Town Hall, in the council hall of the Municipality, with a suggestive ceremony, very much attended and deeply felt. There are many friends, civil, military and religious authorities, the mountain people, the winners of previous years, Italian and foreign delegations, the people of the country, all united in a warm fraternal embrace.

A special Statute regulates its attribution, with a vision that goes far beyond the scope of those who have dedicated so much of their life to Alpine Rescue, to extend to all those who have distinguished themselves in helping people in difficulty in the mountains, to civilians and soldiers who have worked in risky rescue operations, to alpine guides, to doctors and service managers, firefighters, technicians, even to journalists engaged in witnessing the culture and the correct way of approaching the alpine environment.