Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End,silver Nurses medal

A silver and enamel Nurses medal from the Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End.Previously the West Ham Hospital it was renamed Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End in 1917.This nurses badge dates to the World War Two period when the hospital was the first in London to be bombed,in September 1940,when two nurses and six patients were killed.
It consists of a two piece construction, enamelled disc with a red cross in a voided centre.On this is a silver laurel wreath in relief.There is some enamel damage as pictured.This is suspended from an original silk ribbon with a safety pin type fixing suspension bar .The reverse is engraved M R Morgan 1938-42 and it bears hallmarks for JRG&S (J R Gaunt & Sons) Birmingham 1941.Height ,medal and suspension ring 36mm,medal with ribbon 88mm

Code: 51105