Wolfgang Ziegler Collection

Wolfgang Ziegler Collection

Memorabilia of Rotary International

Provided by RGHF Chair Emeritus Nevine Abdelkhalek, Cairo

Attendance Pin

The Officers and Directors Rotary International for 1939 – 1940. Havana Convention

Chicago 50th Dinner

The 1936 convention Hunter Trophy

After Johnson’s 1936 convention speech

A cartoon from the Chicago Tribune depicting Rotary Vocational Service

The Index, note that there are songs in many languages

The menu did not include any alcoholic drinks

Diamond Rotary Pin 

2 Scudi from San Marino for our centennial, and

Or for???

A US Penny

English Rotary Award

Bookmark

Pin for District 5150, N. California home of SF#2

Personal Greeting from Wolfgang

The cup was given to the late Rotarian Hillard-Steinböhmer on February 24, 1956 by the Rotary Club Lübeck

Heart

Bolo Tie

“El Club Rotario de Mariano al Dr. J. Galletti Pimentel por sus 36 anos de ejercicio dia del medico Dic. 3 1943”

The cigar cutter was given to George Slingerland by Celia. It was manufactured by Crowe, Chicago (Pat. March 9, 1926). Regards, Wolfgang

FANTACY PINS

FANTACY PINS

District 5950

2000

The medallion was given to the RC Munich on its 50th anniversary from the other Munich Rotary clubs

Of interest, but not “Rotary International”
A reminder that there are other “rotary” items in the world, but ours is special.

From Wolfgang Ziegler: “in May 2005 I wrote an article for our Rotary magazine ‘More Than a Symbol – a Trademark.’ Since in the Anglo-American language everything that rotates has the prefix “Rotary”, you have a ‘rotary hammer’, ‘rotary wings’ and so on. Only a few articles have a legal claim to the name ‘Rotary’. In the year 1905, Paul could have used a postcard from a photo company named “Rotary”.2005 article on Rotary by Wolfgang Ziegler

To post these cards with stamps from a rotary press (‘rotary stamps’), Paul had to wait until 1915. A Mr. Dreyfuss founded a watch company in 1895, but used the name ‘Rotary’ for his new watches only since 1926. Because of the success of these watches he changed the name of his company to Rotary in 1956. Engines that cleaned the streets from snow during the times of Paul were called ‘rotary snow blowers’, invented in 1870 by a Toronto dentist J. W. Elliot, but used the first time approximately in 1920 in Ontario. Also Paul had to wait a little to dial phone numbers by himself – you needed a rotating dial – ‘rotary phones’. Finally, also during Paul’s lifetime, a certain Felix Wankel worked on a reciprocating engine –

May the wheel continue to rotate and bring friends together!

Cigarettes

Makers Of Memorabilia
Serving Rotary since 1911

Founded in 1685 by Huguenot immigrants, Toye Kenning & Spencer has designed and manufactured Rotary regalia since the latter’s creation over 100 years ago. From its operations in Birmingham and Bedworth, the company makes Rotary & Inner Wheel regalia, gifts and furnishings.

Still family-run, the company is imbued with a culture of continual reinvestment and values highly the talent within the business, its imaginative designers inspiring its craftsmen and women, who are experts in weaving, lace-making, embroidery and gold and silver wire making and enamelling.

As the Rotary Global History Fellowship says, history is a ‘blueprint’ that can be used to ‘remodel’ the present; an approach that echoes that of Toye Kenning & Spencer.

“Our longevity is built on a solid foundation of superb craft skills, quality and service and our openness to change,” explained Fiona Toye, chief executive of Toye Kenning & Spencer. “We use our past to inform our future and so are always willing to embrace the latest innovations and technology without ever compromising our craft skills,”

The original founder of the firm resumed the traditional family business of weaving, lace-making, embroidery and gold and silver wire making after fleeing France when Louis XIV introduced punitive restrictions on Huguenots.

The business was passed from father to son, always adopting new technologies, such as the Jacquard Loom along the way. Toye Kenning & Spencer was awarded its Royal Warrant for the supply of gold and silver laces, insignia and embroidery, after embroidering the Queen’s Coronation Robes in 1952.

Today, every product manufactured in the Birmingham factory is handmade, the process encompassing tool and die making, stamping or casting, vitreous enamelling, polishing and mounting and engraving. Textile production takes place in Bedworth, where the team specialises in narrow fabric weaving, manufacturing miles of coloured ribbons, braids and laces. They are also particularly skilled in hand and machine embroidery and making crafted hats and caps for the military, home security, corporate, sports and show business markets.

The company brings this expertise to bear when manufacturing Rotary and Inner Wheel regalia. Every RIBI President receives a Jewel on leaving office and when the time came to prepare one for Jim Moulson (RIBI President 2010 / 2011) the decision was taken to refresh the design. The combination of Toye Kenning & Spencer’s design expertise and UK-based craft skills made it possible to respond.

As sales director, Nick Ellwood explained: “Sensitive to the values and goals of Rotary, our design team evolved the design. We then went on to create the new dies.

“The old expression ‘the die is cast’ is particularly pertinent as that governs not just the accuracy of the pieces produced from it, but also their ‘colour’ (or character) so we are careful to get it right. That standard is carried through to the finishing, polishing and assembly of the components.

“Perhaps the most literally eye catching part of the process for visitors on one of our factory tours is the vitreous enamel, which turns as if by magic from a powder to clear coloured glass picking up every facet of the pattern of the metal beneath.

“The piece was then married with one of our ribbons woven in the sister factory in Bedworth.”

“We welcome visitors,” concluded Nick. “If you would like to see for yourself how we design and manufacture regalia for Rotary and Inner Wheel we would be delighted to show you around our Bedworth and Birmingham factories.”

To arrange a visit, email nick.ellwood@toye.com

Toye Kenning & Spencer story provided by Cathy Connan and contributed by RGHF member Tim Tucker