Medico Psycholocial Association Silver prize medal, Birmingham Asylums

A pair of badges awarded to to the same nurse for Mental Nurse training at the Birmingham Asylums during the First World War.The first is the standard bronze MPA pendant badge which features a Maltese cross with the goddess Psyche to the centre.The arms bear the words For Proficiency in Mental Nursing.Minor surface rubbing pin and clasp intact.Named to the rear for Katherine H Kendrick.Height 52mm
The second item is a silver medal in the form of a St Johns cross with concave arms and convex ends.To the centre are the arms of the City of Birmingham.Three arms bear the Thistle,Rose and Shamrock and the fourth is inscribed with the date May 1916.The rear is inscribed" Presented by the Birmingham Asylums Committee to Katherine H Kendrick For Gaining Certificate of Proficiency in Nursing of the Medico Psychological Association of Great Britain and Ireland.Whilst I believe this to be of Silver it is unmarked as such.Some signs of surface wear and minor scratches but still retains some of the original silk suspension ribbon.Height 36mm

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