St.Andrew's Hospital,Bromley by Bow,London,Nurses badge
Originally the Poplar & Stepney Sick Asylum it was renamed St Andrew's Hospital in 1920.This badge features a shield bearing the distinctive Dock Gates of the East India Docks(also featured on the Polar Hospital for Accidents) this is imposed upon a St Andrew's Cross on a light blue enamel background.Good condition with some surface scratches,pin clasp and safety roller catch all good.Unmarked ... read more
Bolingbroke Hospital London,Silver Nurses badge
A scarce Silver and enamel Nurses badge for the Bolingbroke Hospital on Wandsworth Common.An oval Badge with a central motif of a coat of arms of Canon John Erskine Clarke, who was vicar of St Mary’s Church, Battersea and a founder of the Bolingbroke Hospital.It also bears the motto Fortiter Ubique-Ever Courageous.In ver good condition barring some surface scratches.Pin and clasp good.Engraved ... read more
East End Maternity Hospital ,Midwives Badge
An enamelled Midwives badge from the East End Maternity Hospital which was located in Commercial Road,Stepney until its closure in 1968.It features a design bearing the Madonna & Infant on a light blue enamel background,with the title around the rim in a navy blue band.Very good condition with pin,clasp and safety roller catch all good.Unmarked to rear.height 33mm
A nice badge from the c... read more
St Augustine's Hospital Chartham/GNC pair of Nurses Badges
A pair of badges awarded to the same nurse for Mental Nurse training in the 1950s.The first is a Silver and enamel badge from St Augustine's Hospital ,Chartham,Kent. This consists of a blue enamel voided cross with a central roundel bearing an image of St Augustine with the hospital title around the edge.This has a buttonhole fixing(as worn by Male Nurses).Silver hallmarks for John Pinches Lon... read more
Hammersmith Hospital London,Small Nurses badge
A white metal and enamel badge from the Hammersmith Hospital London.It consists of a small white metal eight pointed Maltese cross,with a central motif bearing the emblem of the hospital, this is surrounded by a blue enamel band bearing the title Hammersmith Hospital.Unmarked to rear.Pin is good,clasp is somewhat misshapen.Height 31mm read more
Hammersmith Hospital London,Nurses badge
A white metal and enamel Nurses badge from the Hammersmith Hospital.it consists of a white metal eight pointed Maltese cross,with a gold and enamel central motif bearing the emblem of the hospital above a blue enamel scroll bearing the title Hammersmith Hospital.Generally good condition overall with pin and clasp good.Engraved to rear P Dunn, makers mark for Spink London.Height 36mm read more
Silver College of Nursing Badge,A Kinghorn Liverpool set.
One of a group of items belonging to the same nurse ,who trained at the Liverpool Southern Hospital around the period of the First World War.This is her membership badge for the newly formed College of Nursing .It features the interlinked C & N in silver on a blue enamel background.To the rear it is engraved with her membership number 9233( which shows she was one of the first members to join ... read more
City General Hospital Sheffield,Silver Nurses Badge
A silver and enamel nurses badge from the City General Hospital ,Sheffield.It features a silver Geneva cross edged in blue enamel with a symbolic Nurses lamp of learning in the centre.The title City General Hospital Sheffield appears on a circular blue enamel scroll.Condition good with only minor dings to the enamel.Pin,clasp and safety roller catch are all good. Engraved to rear to E J Lowther... read more
The Prince of Wales's General Hospital Tottenham Nurses Badge
A nice nurses badge from The Prince of Wales's General Hospital Tottenham,dating to the 1950s or 60s. The badge is in a good condition overall with no chips or flaking to the design,which features the dove with olive branch over the Prince of Wales's feathers.It has a good pin and clasp.Makers marks for Thomas Fattorini Ltd Regent Street Birmingham Height 32mm
The hospital which closed a... read more
The Prince of Wales's General Hospital Tottenham, Nurses Large Cape Badge
An impressively Large composite badge for the Prince of Wales's General Hospital in Tottenham.This was,apparently issued to be worn on the Nurses Capes.It consists of a Gold painted convex disc with a red cross and title in maroon enamel.An enamelled Prince of Wales's feathers are applied in relief ,topped with an enamelled dove.Some signs of wear in places but generally retains most of it's or... read more