Orders, Decorations and Medals

Medico Psychological Association Proficiency in Mental Nursing Cross, (Parkside Mental Hospital Alice Winstanley, May 1925), silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1925; Royal Medico Psychological Association Proficiency in Mental Nursing Cross (E. E. Eglin) silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1927, good very fine (2) £50-70

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals to the Ambulance and Nursing Service from the Collection of James Spencer.

View
Collection

The Association of Medical Officers of Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane was formed in 1841, changing its name to the Medico Psychological Association in 1866. In 1926 it received its Royal Charter and in 1971 it became the Royal College of Psychiatrists.