This College tie may be worn by all Fellows and Members, including Fellows and Members of the College’s Faculty of Dental Surgery, includes multiple ‘College eagle’ motifs on a red or blue background. These ties superseded the original College tie (22574 – condition, good) which featured a centrally placed facsimile of the College’s Coat of Arms including the sons of Aesculapius- Machaon and Podalirus who were surgeons in Troy at the time siege of the city in 1250BC. The first Licentiate in Dental Surgery diplomas were awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1860, the origins of the College dating back to the fourteenth century. The College’s Faculty of Dental Surgery was formed in 1957 to meet a requirement for the training of dental specialists.