Vintage Grace New Haven Hospital Nursing School Ring 10K Yellow Gold 5.5dwt 1964

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For auction is this Vintage Grace New Haven Hospital Nursing School Ring in 10K Yellow Gold Dated 1964 weighing 5.5 dwt in a size 6. The Caduceus on the front of the ring is framed with GRACE NEW HAVEN SCHOOL OF NURSING with 19 on one side and 64 on the other. There appears to be small chips in the stone adjacent to the snake in the caduceus giving the appearance of wings and similar imperfection above. The inside of the ring is stamped PANIKOFF 10K 6 and engraved with JET . Semper Vigilans is embossed above the 64 and an oil lamp above the 19. The ring shows minimal wear. The Grace New Haven Hospital is now the Yale New Haven Hospital, and its Nursing School has a long & illustrious history. Weight 5.5 dwt. cbclac8201From Wikipedia: "The history of Yale New Haven Hospital extends back to 1826 when the General Hospital Society of Connecticut was chartered as the first hospital in Connecticut and the fourth voluntary hospital in the nation. . . . The Connecticut Training School, the third training school for nurses in the United States, was opened by the hospital in 1873. In 1884, the hospital's name was changed to New Haven Hospital . . . . In 1945, the hospital changed its name to Grace-New Haven Hospital after it affiliated itself with nearby Grace Hospital. . . . In 1965, a more formal agreement with the Yale School of Medicine read more