Guy's Hospital The Butterworth Long Service Medal

Instituted in 1889 by Joshua W Butterworth,this medal was awarded to all nurses of Guy's Hospital who had completed Five years of continuous satisfactory service at the Hospital.
The silver metal(not marked as silver)medal is suspended by a safety pin type fixing.The face shows an image of Thomas Guy,Founder of the Hospital. The rear is engraved to the recipient Cicely Carter,Certificated Nurse on Completing Five Years Service.
Cicely Joan Carter was a probationer at Guys from 1930 to 1934.Staff Nurse to 1935.She gained her CMB in 1935.She is listed in the Guy's Hospital Nurses League Handbook and Register of 1937
Good overall condition but with some surface scratches.Height 47mm

Code: 51895