Record

Ref NoRCSI/IP/Parke/06/01
TitleBritish Medical Association Gold Medal
DescriptionThe British Medical Association Gold Medal in red presentation box with gold lettering. Inside the lid the maker is named as 'WYON 287 Regent Street, London'. This gold medal has inscriptions on both sides and around the rim. The first side reads 'British Medical Association Medal Instituted July 11th 1877 For Distinguished Merit'. The second side has the image of a goddess with a snake around one arm (Bona Dea). Around the rim of the medal there is the following inscription 'Surgeon Thomas Heazle Parke, A.M.D 1890'. The medal has become detached from it's clasp and blue ribbon but they are still present in the box.
* Note this item has been removed and returned to the Stoker family.
LevelItem
Date1890
Related MaterialRCSI/IP/Parke/6/23
FormatMedal
Access ConditionsBy appointment with RCSI Heritage Collections
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