Badge and chain of the President of the Society of Inspectors of the Poor in Scotland

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This is the gold badge and chain of office of the President of the Society of Inspectors of Poor in Scotland. It was made in Birmingham in 1907 and engraved by Fenton & Co Ltd of Edinburgh. The society was established in 1858.

The names of the society's presidents from 1858 to 1907 are engraved on the chain links.

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• Online ID: 000-190-000-794-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.NC 406
• Date: 1907
  
• Material: Gold; enamel, red; enamel, light and dark blue. Inscription: Arms of the Kings of Scotland / ESTd. 1858 [below] / SOCIETY . OF . INSPECTORS . OF . POOR . SCOTLAND / PRESIDENT; M & B; [Birmingham]; FENTON RUSSELL & Co. Ltd / EDINBURGH
  Badge
  
• Dimensions: 110 mm H x 70 mm W x 520 mm L
  
• What: Badge
  
• Subject:
• Who: Fenton Russell and Co. Ltd (Engraver)
  M & B, Birmingham (Maker)
  Society of Inspectors of Poor in Scotland
  
• Where: England, Warwickshire, Birmingham
  Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  
• Event:
• Description: Presidential gold badge of the Society of Inspectors of Poor in Scotland, by M & B, Birmingham, 1907, engraved by Fenton Russell and Co. Ltd, Edinburgh
  
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