East Suffolk Health Authority,Silver Nurses Badge
A nice silver and enamelled badge for the East Suffolk Health Authority which covered Nurses training in the Ipswich hospitals.It features the emblems of the previous Nurse Training Schools.In excellent condition with few surface scratches .Pin,Clasp and safety roller catch all good.Makers marks for Fattorini Birmingham.Hallmarks for 1989
Height 35mm
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Queen Alexandra's Hospital Portsmouth,silver badge
An oval badge in silver which I have been told is for the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth.I am unable to confirm this but believe it likely,thus the listed price of the item,being sold as seen.If anyone can verify the location for this item,do please contact me.
The badge itself consists of the initials QAH in a voided centre topped by a Royal Crown.Condition is good with a pin ba... read more
Royal Portsmouth Hospital,Nurses Badge
A very nice bronze and enamel Nurses badge for the Royal Portsmouth Hospital.It features the crest of Portsmouth in enamels with Royal Portsmouth Hospital on the blue band around the edge.Very good condition with only minor surface scratches.Pin and catch intact.The rear carries vendors/makers marks for Purser Medallist Portsmouth.Height 32mm
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Nurses League Badge
A really nice chrome and enamel members badge from the Nurses League of the QE Hospital Birmingham.This pendant badge features the crest of the Hospital and is suspended from a pin back bar brooch bearing Nurses League on enamel.Pin and clasp intact ,if slightly loose.
Makers mark for Thomas Fattorini Ltd Regent Street Birmingham.Height 41mm
This is a companion piece to the set of... read more
Bolton Training School for Enrolled Nurses,Silver nurses Badge
A silver and enamel pendant badge from the Bolton Training School For Enrolled Nurses from the 1960s.The oval medal bears a caduceus or winged staff to the centre with the title on a green enamel border.This is suspended from a plain silver pin back bar brooch,on which the pin,clasp and safety roller catch are all good.The rear of the medal is engraved to M M Wallace 9.6.63 and bears hallmarks ... read more
Eastbourne Nurses Training School,Nurses Badge
A chromed and enamel nurses badge from the Eastbourne Nurses Training School.The design features a shield bearing the crest of the town of Eastbourne with the motto "Meliora Sequimur"-We Follow the Better things.Condition good with pin,clasp and safety roller catch all good,if a bit stiff.Makers mark for Fattorini & Sons Ltd,36 Barr St ,BHam (This dates this between 1962 and 1967) Height 36mm read more
The Warneford Hospital Leamington,Silver Nurses Badge
A silver and enamel Nurses badge from the Warneford Hospital,Leamington.Originally the main Hospital for the town it finally closed in 1993,This badge depicts the arms of Royal Leamington Spa with the Hospital title on blue enamel around the rim.Condition is very good with only very minor enamel damage at the edges.A hole for a safety chain has been drilled to one side.Engraved to the rear Mabe... read more
St Anns General Hospital Tottenham,Registered Nurse Badge
A silvered metal and enamel Registered Nurses badge for St Ann's Hospital Tottenham.I am also separately listing a green enrolled nurse version.
Minimal surface wear to the figure of St Ann and enamel generally good.Pin,clasp and safety roller catch all good.Makers mark for Thomas Fattorini Ltd Regent Street Birmingham.Height 31mm
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North Ormsby Hospital Middlesborough,Nurses Badge
An early bronze and enamel Pendant badge for the North Ormesby Hospital Middlesborough. I believe this design predates the creation of the NHS in 1948.It consists of a bronze disc with a central Christian cross bearing a scroll with the date 1858,when the hospital was founded following an explosion of a boiler at a local Ironworks.The hospital title is on a blue enamel band around the rim.This ... read more
The Nightingale School of Nursing,St Thomas' Hospital,Silver Nurses badge
A silver and enamel nurses badge from the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing of St Thomas' Hospital.Demand for these remains high and I'm afraid the price reflects this demand,even in this damaged condition.
For more information on the history of the design see;http://thenightingalefellowship.org.uk/the-nightingale-badge/
Unfortunately the tips of several of the cross ... read more