Monmouthshire Asylum Committee/Medico Psychological Association silver medal

A rare badge for Mental Nurse Training in the early 20th Century.
Thist is a silver prize medal presented by the Monmouthshire Asylum Committee to David Edward Rumsey 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 blindfolded Lady Justice.
This bears hallmarks for TO Birmingham 1925.The medal has some surface wear but retains its original silk ribbon and stick pin suspension

The Monmouthshire Asylum was located at Abergavenny in Wales ,later being renamed Pen-Y-Fal, and finally closing in 1997.A Nice example of Mental Nurse training

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