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A statuette featuring a kneeling knight, originally sculpted by Robert Baden-Powell. References to knights formed part of the investiture of a Rover Scout. Rover Scouting, 1918–1967, was for men aged 17 and over. The object of Rover training was to enable young men to develop themselves as happy, healthy, useful citizens. At the investiture, a man would make their oath to become a Rover Scout. At the ceremony, the Leader announces, ‘In ancient times it was the custom of those about to become Knights to be laved in water, in token of the washing away of past misdeeds and as a sign that they were determined to commence afresh'. The candidate had to agree to this, and further, to remember that like knights, they, ‘…have one tender point, namely, your Honour’.