Proficiency badge in Red Cross Nursing
Maker and role
J Gaunt (b.1884, d.1991): Medal/badge smith
Production date
1931-1953
Description
Proficiency badge in Red Cross Nursing awarded to L Holmes. Badge number is No. 11241, with bars 1934, 1935, 1952 and 1953.
Collection Type
Objects
Media/Materials
History
Proficiency Badges were awarded in the following areas of Red Cross work: First Aid, Nursing, Hygiene & Sanitation, Cookery, Administration and Organisation, Tuberculosis Course, Infant and Child Welfare, First Aid in Chemical Warfare, Anti-Gas training, Air Raid Precautions Training, Civil Defence, Welfare Services, Hospital Librarianship and Maternal & Child Welfare. In order to receive a proficiency badge, the member needed to complete three successive Red Cross certificates in the appropriate subject. Certificates acquired through other approved examining bodies could count towards the award. These were issued between 1914 and 1968.
Catalogue Number
802/30