Class ring (a) made of 10k gold; the outside front of the ring has the Kingston General Hospital crest complete with a red enamelled cross and the date 1972 in raised numbers; the case (b) is white plastic with blue foam.
Class ring (a) made of 10k gold; the outside front of the ring has the Kingston General Hospital crest complete with a red enamelled cross and the date 1972 in raised numbers; the case (b) is white plastic with blue foam.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - ring - Size: Depth 1.6 x Diameter 1.7 cm
b - case - Size: Length 4.5 cm x Width 4.3 cm x Depth 3.5 cm
Provenance
Found by the donor, Sharon Martin, in the bathroom of her Barrie Street apartment after she graduated from Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing in 1972; several enquires failed to turn up an owner.
Dates
1972
circa 1972
Date Remarks
1972 is printed on the ring.
Material
metal: yellow, red
plastic: white
foam: blue
Inscriptions
"KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL" printed in a circle on the face of the ring; "19 // 72" printed on either side of the face
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C5-2 Box 1
Condition Remarks
The case has some wear.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Website
Reference Comments
Sharon Martin
Kingston Health Sciences Centre website, "KGH School of Nursing," (https://kingstonhsc.ca/kgh-school-nursing)
Research Facts
The first graduating class of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing was in 1888; the school was created in order to educate nurses as the demand for them increased, as well as providing a labour force to the hospital. When the first nurses graduated, they were given a certificate of completion, twenty five dollars, and a nursing medal. Over the years, nurses were sometimes given pins and/or rings to commemorate their graduation from the school.