Schools of Nursing Forum

I have found another SoN issued buckle which I had heard of but never seen.Only a picture I'm afraid as the owner, quite rightly intends to hang on to it! It dates form the amalgamation of the the University College Hospital and the Middlesex Hospital schools of Nursing into the Bloomsbury College of Nurse Education in the late 1980s and combines the emblems from the two separate buckles.

Finally managed to acquire an example of one of these. It is described as being the highest international award to Nurses being instigated in 1912 although the first awards were in 1920 due to the First World War. It is awarded every two years on May 12th,the birthday of Florence Nightingale and to date a total of 1,483 have been issued.
The award criteria is"Exceptional courage and devotion to the wounded, sick or disabled or to civilian victims of a conflict or disaster" or "exemplary services or a creative and pioneering spirit in the areas of public health or nursing education.

This particular medal is unnamed and may have had the name erased.It is hallmarked for 1922 so may have been one of those at the second award ceremony?

Thanks Sue some really interesting information there. I wasn't aware of the 1943 Nurses and Midwives Registration act but the need for nurses in wartime apparently took priority over some other military service?

What does it look like?

Thanks,