Relics of Sir Roden Cutler and Lady Helen Cutler, 1910s-1980s

R 929

series

1930s-1980s

Graphic Materials, Objects

421423

Objects - 1 shell dressing (pad and bandage) - 8 x 14 x 5 cm. - Still in packaging
Objects - 11 tie-pins - 7 cm. long or smaller - Various metals/amalgams including bronze and brass
Objects - 16 badges - 4 x 4 cm. or smaller - Metal/amalgam, with clips for affixing to clothing
Objects - 6 metal/amalgam discs/medals - 5 x 4 cm. or smaller - With holes at the top (and some with rings) for connecting to a chain or key-ring
Objects - 2 brown cloth badges - 13 x 11 cm. & 12 x 11 cm. - Both with hessian backing. Some holes and fraying
Objects - 4 medals - 5 cm. diameter or smaller - In presentation cases
Objects - 1 varnished timber plaque - 35 x 25 cm. - Brass plate affixed at lower centre
Objects - 4 copper coins - 2 cm. diameter or smaller - Extremely corroded
Objects - 3 pieces of wood - 6 x 4 cm. or smaller

1. Commonwealth of Australia shell dressing, Johnson & Johnson Pty Ltd., Sydney, April, 1943 [includes directions for use on outside wrap]
2. Tie-pins of WBC, Church of England Mens' Society, [Untitled, depicting kangaroo & eagle], Australia [with kangaroo], Sydney University Union, Gallipoli 1915, Royal NSW Regiment, Royal Artillery Association, Waratah Mayfield Diggers Bowling Club, Australian RFL, Returned Services Association
3. Badges of NZ [on silver fern design], Wellington Orphans Club, National Rifle Association - New South Wales, Save the Children Fund, Onslow Rugby Club, Torch Bearer, Life Member Thirty Niners Association, Tin Hat Club - Christchurch RSA, 2/6th Field Regiment Association, Grand Agge 19th [and] 20th - 1937 [and] 1939, Returned Sailors' Soldiers' Airmens' Australia Imperial League - 1957-8 [and] 1962, NSW Limbless Soldiers Association
4. Membership discs of Sydney Cricket Ground (1980-81) and NSW 18 Ft. Sailing Club Ltd. (1980-81). Life membership disc of Manly War Memorial Club. Medals for Club Champion Metropolitan District Rifle Clubs Union (1933-34), Australia Day Bicentennial Celebrations Official Guest - 26th January 1988, Lions International District Governor's Appreciation Award (1967)
5. Cloth badges for Rifle Shooting 1933 [and] SHS [ie Sydney High School] Rifle Shooting 1932;
6. Amalgam medal to commemorate Gallipoli 1915-1985 embossed "Lest we Forget"; Silver medal on chain depicting Lucy Osburn and Sydney Hospital on one side with inscription on reverse "Presented to Lady Cutler by the Friends of Sydney Hospital on their 15th Anniversary 26.5.77; Bronze medal depicting De Lakenhalle Yper with note inscribed "Presented to me by the Burgomaster of Ypres, Belgium, when I replied on behalf of the Aust. VCs who did a War Graves Tour of Belgium & France 2-7th July 1956, after the VC Centenary in London. The Burgomaster gave us a little reception"; Copper medal with Sport 88 Australia 1788-1988 on front and engraving on reverse "BDSRC Australian Representative Rifle Shooting, A. Cutler, 1900s. Accompanying note reads "Bathurst (?Council) decided that one of their contributions to Australian Bicentenary celebrations would be the striking of a medal for all those who had represented Australia in sport from the Bathurst area" [Medal belonged to Cutler's father]
7. Plaque presented to Lady Cutler on the occasion of [her] visit to The United States, Women's Army Corps, 18 April, 1973
8. Copper coins in envelope inscribed "Some supposed old Roman coins bought from an Arab kid at [Ashkelon?]
9. 3 timber pieces in an envelope inscribed "Wood from the tree where the Holy Family stayed near Cairo on their flight to Egypt"
10. Timber box containing copper letter opener 17cm. long with patterned design and female figure at the top; plain stainless steel letter opener 21 cm. long embossed "Made in USA"; wooden carved pipe with black plastic mouthpiece; black plastic cigarette holder with gold-coloured band and dotted with diamentes at cigarette end; rubber stamp with timber handle and base, of Cutler's signature; rubber stamp with timber handle and base, of Cutler's name in an Old English font; Lady Cutler's key for Government House; timber nameplate with maroon covering embossed with "Mr A R Cutler" on front and "with the compliments of TWA" on reverse; medal depicting the head of Arthur Phillip, Governor of New South Wales on one side and embossed "Australia's 150th Anniversary 1938 - Youth Carries On" on reverse; lapel badge embossed "CEMS - All in one"; epaulette with 3 bronze badges on light khaki fabric; 2 Australian Jockey Club membership badges, 1980-81

Many badges/medals have inscriptions on reverse
"By appointment to H.M. The King. Thai Nakon silverware & nielloware, Bangkok, Thailand" -- on ribbon affixed to box lining (10)