British Red Cross Proficiency badge in Red Cross cookery
Maker and role
J Gaunt (b.1884, d.1991): Medal/badge smith
Production date
1919
Description
British Red Cross Proficiency badge in Red Cross cookery (No 127), awarded to D H Ferguson.
Collection Type
Objects
Media/Materials
History
Awarded between 1914 and 1968. 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.
Catalogue Number
0447/3