Lot 2813
Sale NZ1 · The Unique & Unparalleled Collection of New Zealand Historical Medals & Memorabilia (Part 1)
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Townley - St Helens Maternity Home, Founded 14th April 1910, nurse's medal, struck in silver (28mm), by W.Good (Gisborne), ring top with bar and pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed '785A/M.E.V.Parkes/7.6.16'. Toned, good very fine.
In 1904 the government set up the St Helens hospitals, which, for the first time in New Zealand's history, provided subsidised maternity care for low-income women. They were staffed by trained midwives.
A hospital was opened in Gisborne when a committee of ladies, headed by Mrs Townley, with the approval of the Government, established the Townley Maternity Hospital of six beds in 1910.
- Estimate
- $300
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $180