The Glamorgan County Asylum Committee/Medico Psychological Association silver medal

A rare badge for Mental Nurse Training in the late 19th Century.
Thist is a silver prize medal presented by the Glamorgan County Asylum Committee to John Morris for gaining the certificate of Proficiency in Nursing of the Medico-Psychological Association of Great Britain & Ireland.It takes the form of a Maltese cross with oak leaf garlands and acorns to the arms and a central motif of a Welsh Dragon
This is dated to 1897 and bears hallmarks for SB&S Ltd(S.Blankensee & Son Ltd) Birmingham 1886.The medal has some surface wear but retains its original silk ribbon and stick pin suspension which is engraved JM.
The hospital was located at Pen-Y-Fai near Bridgend

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