The Andressey Hospital, Burton on Trent Nurses Badge

A base metal and enamel badge for the Andressey Hospital,Burton on Trent.Originally part of the Workhouse in Belvedere Road it became a long stay hospital after 1948.The figure appears to be St Andrew.
The Condition is good with only minor surface rubbing, pin and clasp good.Makers mark for Thomas Fattorini Ltd Regent Street Birmingham Height 38mm  read more

Code: 54729

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital, Nurses Badge

A nice clean badge for the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital London. Named for the woman to become the first woman doctor in the UK, the hospital was originally the New Hospital for Women, for many years staffed entirely by women.
The badge features a winged figure holding a snake ,the emblem of Medicine. Around the edge is the name of the hospital and at the bottom 1866,The year of fo...  read more

Code: 54728

The Mothers Hospital London,Midwives badge

Another badge for the Mothers Hospital Hackney London. Originally opened in 1883 by the Salvation Army as a maternity Hospital for poor women(often unmarried women who would not receive treatment in most Maternity homes).It reopened in 1912 on a site in Lower Clapton Road and finally closed in 1986 when services were transferred to the Homerton Hospital.
This badge features a red enamel ...  read more

Code: 54727

The Mothers Hospital London, Midwives badge

A rare badge for the Mothers Hospital Hackney London. Originally opened in 1883 by the Salvation Army as a maternity Hospital for poor women(often unmarried women who would not receive treatment in most Maternity homes).It reopened in 1912 on a site in Lower Clapton Road and finally closed in 1986 when services were transferred to the Homerton Hospital.
The small badge features a red ena...  read more

Code: 54726

New Cross Hospital Wolverhampton/ GNC pair of badges

A pair of badges awarded to the same nurse for her training in the 1930s and 40s. The first is a silver and enamel badge for. New Cross Hospital Wolverhampton.Originally the Workhouse Infirmary opened in 1903, it was renamed as New Cross Hospital in 1930. The design features a Maltese Cross with a central disc bearing the coat of arms of Wolverhamton in a blue border with the hospital name.Cond...  read more

Code: 54725

St Marylebone Hospital,Nurses Medal

A bronze nurses medal from St Marylebone Hospital, (later to be renamed St Charles' Hospital),in North Kensington.Originally a Poor Law Infirmary, it was one of the first to have its own Nurse Training School under the auspices of Florence Nightingale.It changed its name from St Marlylebone Infirmary in 1923 and then St Charles' Hospital in 1930 when it came under the control of the LCC.
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Code: 54722

St Marylebone Infirmary, early nurses medal

A bronze nurses medal from St Marylebone Infirmary, (later to be renamed St Charles' Hospital),in North Kensington.Originally a Poor Law Infirmary, it was one of the first to have its own Nurse Training School under the auspices of Florence Nightingale.It changed its name to St Marlylebone Hospital in 1923 and then St Charles' Hospital in 1930 when it came under the control of the LCC.
T...  read more

Code: 54721

Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust, Staff badge

A modern staff member badge for the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust. Pin back fixing in good order.  read more

Code: 54716

Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital,silver plated midwives badge

A silver plated and enamel Midwive's badge from the Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital,Marylebone Road,London.Claimed to be the oldest Maternity Hospital in the country ,having been founded in 1739.The badge features a shield bearing the coat of arms of Queen Charlotte below an imperial crown..Good overall condition although with some enamel damage at the base and minor wear to the plating.Th...  read more

Code: 54718

London County Council, New End Hospital, Silver Nurses Badge

Yet another of the the popular London County Council Hospital Nurses badges issued between 1930 and 1948.This one is for New End Hospital.Originally Hampstead Union Workhouse ,it was renamed in 1931 after it came under the control of the LCC.
The badge features the blue enamelled cross with central shield bearing the LCC crest,this one on a silver background.There is major damage to th...  read more

Code: 54720