Artefact of the Week: Florence Nightingale Medal
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
Museum Artefact - Florence Nightingale Medal
This week’s museum artefact is the Florence Nightingale Medal. This medal was awarded to Mrs Megan Crisp of the Queen Elizabeth’s Colonial Nursing Service, 1951-56. Mrs Crisp served in Malaya. The medal instituted on 16 May 1912 was bestowed on nurses who distinguished themselves by special devotion to, and nursing of, the sick and wounded in war and peace.
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