Queen's Scout certificate presented to Robin Maloney

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Type: Certificates
Materials: Cardboard
Collection: Robin Maloney collection no. 2
Accession number: 2013.0050.0001

Description

A certificate on a beige coloured cardboard with a blue patterned border around the outer edge.There is a black and white coat of arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the top of the certificate. Underneath the coat of arms there is some black text which reads 'DIEU ET MON DROIT'. There is also some black text which reads 'Robin Maloney / AS QUEEN'S SCOUT / you have prepared yourself for / service to God and your fellow-/men, …'. There is a black handwritten signature 'Elizabeth R' in the bottom right hand side.

About the collection

The Robin Maloney collection no. 2 comprises four certificates: a Wolf Cubs registration certificate (1956), a Boy Scouts registration certificate (1959), a Queen's Scout certificate (1964), and a Warrant of appointment (1970). Robin Maloney joined the Boy Scouts in 1955/56 as a Wolf Cub and, over the next twenty years, progressed through the movement to Scout, Senior Scout and Scout Leader. The certificates represent each stage of Maloney's Scouting career. The Scouting movement was founded in 1908 by Lieutenant-General (later Lord) Robert S S Baden-Powell (1857-1941). His military handbook, 'Aids to Scouting for NCOs and Men', had become popular as a training manual in schools and boys' clubs and formed the basis of the Scouting movement. In 1907, Baden-Powell published 'Scouting for Boys', which combined practical skills with adventure. Inspired by the the book, boys formed their own Scout patrols and the movement quickly spread throughout Britain and the Empire. For many Australian boys, Scouting was an important part of their childhood and the Scout uniform, the motto 'be prepared', and the annual 'bob-a-job' fundraising week were well known and widely understood as part of Australian childhood culture.

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