item details
NameCook Islands Dental Nurse badge
ProductionT.M. Dick & Co Ltd; metalworker; 1946 / 1979; Petone
Classificationbadges
Materialsmetal, enamel
Materials SummaryMetal and enamel decorative badge
DimensionsOverall: 9mm (width), 44mm (height), 36mm (length)
Registration NumberGH010699
Credit linePurchased 2003
Overview
Example of a Cook Islands Dental Nurse decorative badge. Gold coloured metal badge with white and light blue enamel on the front. The badge has a bar at the top with a circle below attached to each other by two gold coloured metal loops. The bar at the top of the badge is bordered in gold. In gold on the white enamel background within the bar is 'COOK ISLANDS'. Attached to the bar at the bottom in the middle is a gold metal loop. This gold metal loop goes through the gold metal loop attached to the top of the lower circle-shaped part of the badge. There is a gold bordered white enamel band around the edge of the circle. In gold within the band is 'DENTAL NURSE /APU-ARU KIA UPOKU-TU'. In the middle of the circle is a light blue background with four gold stars. On the back of the top bar of the badge is a pin clasp.