Somerset School of Midwifery, silver Midwives badge

A scarce silver and enamel badge for the Somerset School of Midwifery. The shield shape badge bears a Dragon, the mythical symbol of Somerset.below this is a scroll bearing Somerset school of Midwifery. Very good condition with minimal surface wear.Pin,clasp and safety roller catch all good. Makers mark for Fattorini Birmingham. Silver hallmarks for TF Birmingham 1986
height 30mm  read more

Code: 54428

Queen Elizabeth School of Nursing United Birmingham Hospitals,Nurses Badge

A Bronze and enamel Nurses badge from the Queen Elizabeth School of Nursing in Birmingham.It shows the crest of the hospital between two stalks of Foxglove plants( noted for their medicinal use).This version predates the similar badge for QE SoN Birmingham United Hospitals.Good overall condition but with minimal surface rubbing and minor scratches.Pin and clasp good.Engraved for Marion E Banham...  read more

Code: 54425

Putney Hospital,Silver Nurses Badge

A silver and enamel Nurses badge from Putney Hospital.The badge takes the form of a Triangular Pattee cross medal worn from a ribbon with a pin back suspension bar bearing the Hospital title.
The arms of the medal and the ribbon are in light and dark blue reflecting the colours of Oxford and Cambridge University,and the famous Varsity Boat Race held annually on the nearby River Thames.Th...  read more

Code: 54424

City University St Bartholomew School of Nursing & Midwifery,Silver Nurses Badge

A silver and enamel Nurse's badge from this famous School of Nursing.First awarded in this pattern from 1998 this badge is in near mint condition.It carries hallmarks for TF Birmingham 1999 . Height 35mm  read more

Code: 54422

Royal Bristol Hospital for Sick Children,Silver Nurses Badge

A Silver Nurses badge from the Bristol Royal Hospital For Sick Children.It features the Nurses Lamp of Learning upon a plinth bearing the Hospital title.Very good condition, pin and clasp good.
Named for M E Abbott 1961-64 Makers mark for Thomas Fattorini Limited Birmingham.Hallmarked for TF Birmingham 1959 Height 38mm  read more

Code: 54421

St Mary's Hospital ,Princess Louise Children's Hospital, Kensington & Paddington Green,Nurses Badge

A rare bronze Children's Nurses badge for the Princess Louise Children's Hospital. Named for Queen Victoria's daughter, the hospital opened in North Kensington in 1928.The Hospital merged with St Mary's Paddington in 1946 and continued as a children's Hospital until 1970.In good overall condition.Engraved for TA Finlayson October 1956.  read more

Code: 54306

Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children/Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge,pair of silver Nurses Badges

A pair of silver nurses badges awarded to the same nurse for her training in the 1950s.They consist of a silver and enamel badge for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children,Bethnal Green. Founded in 1867,In 1942 the Hospital amalgamated with the Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital for Children in Glamis Road, Shadwell, to form the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children. The design features a T...  read more

Code: 54420

St John's Hospital Battersea,silver Nurses Badge

A silver and enamelled nurses badge from St John's Hospital,Battersea.Originally the Wandsworth and Clapham Union Infirmary,it changed it's name to St John's in 1930 when it came under the control of the LCC.The design is taken from the early arms of the Borough showing a shield in blue and silver topped by a dove bearing an olive branch. This is surrounded by the Hospital title on a green enam...  read more

Code: 54416

League of Westminster Hospital Nurses,Silver members badge

A silver and enamel nurses badge for the League of Westminster Hospital Nurses. It features the portcullis and crown motif of Westminster. The hospital did not originally issue a badge to its qualifying nurses,rather awarding a belt buckle.The same emblem with different wording was latterly used when the hospital eventually decided to award a badge.
Good clean condition with pin and safe...  read more

Code: 54415

Watford & District Peace Memorial Hospital Nurses Badge

A chrome and enamel badge for the Watford & District Peace Memorial Hospital.I would guess this dates to the 1980s? It features a variety of sewing and needlework instruments but I cannot find out why? Pin and clasp intact,Makers mark for Thomas Fattorini Regent Street Birmingham.Good condition,Scarce.Height 28mm  read more

Code: 50136