Queen Elizabeth Hospital For Children, silver nurses badge
A white metal and enamel nurses badge for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital For Children,Hackney Road.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 Thames barge taken from the badge for the East London Children's Hospital on a rose pattern,cr... read more
Harrogate School of Nursing,Silver Nurses badge
A Hexagonal silver gilt and enamel Nurses badge for Harrogate School of Nursing. Bearing the arms of Harrogate above the motto Semper Paratus-Always Ready.
In good overall condition with only minor surface scratches.Pin, clasp and safety roller catch in good order.Hallmarked for TF(Thomas Fattorini) and year letter for 1988. Height 32mm read more
Dudley Road Hospital Birmingham ,Silver Nurses Badge
A hallmarked Silver and enamel Nurses badge from the Dudley Road Hospital in Birmingham.The design features an arch shape above the letters DRH.This is based upon the long corridor of the hospital which was originally a quarter of a mile long with nine Nightingale ward blocks running off it.Condition is very good .Pin,clasp and safety roller catch are all good .Hallmarked to rear NT Ltd Birming... read more
St Mary's Hospital Paddington. Nurses badge
One of my favourite badges is this St Mary's "Penny"!
A Lovely Large nurses badge from St Mary's Hospital Paddington.Nicknamed the St Mary's Penny, the badge's face features the Madonna and child from the Hospital's seal.The reverse of this one just has the makers mark for Spink & Son Ltd 75 Piccadilly London This badge is unnamed . Good condition with nice patina .Pin is good but slight... read more
Marston Green Maternity Hospital Birmingham, silver midwives badge
A nice crisp silver and enamel badge from the Marston Green Maternity Hospital,Birmingham.The design features the crest of Birmingham on a shield imposed upon a multicoloured Maple leaf.This alludes to the origins of the hospital as a 700 bedded Canadian War Hospital before it became a Maternity Hospital in 1948.In excellent condition,pin,clasp and safety roller all good order.Silver hallmarks ... read more
The Hospital For Sick Children London Great Ormond Street/GNC pair Nurses Badge
A pair of Badges awarded to the same nurse for her Nurse training at Great Ormond Street Hospital during the 1940s.The first is a chrome and enamel General Nursing Council for England & Wales badge named for KLM Christey RSCN 6839 23.7.48 SRN 195054 11.8.52.This is Kathleen Lorna Mary Christie who trained at GOSH prior to her general nurse training at the Westminster Hospital in 1952.Good con... read more
St Mary's Hospital Plaistow,Silver Nurses Pendant badge
A Silver and enamel pendant badge for St Mary's Hospital for Women & Children Plaistow ,E13.Founded in 1893 and eventually closed in 1985.This oval shaped badge which dates to 1943 bears the Madonna and infant on a flight of stairs with hospital cot and screens behind.In the lower section in the badge of the Charing Cross Hospital to which it had ties.This is suspended from a pin back silver br... read more
Queen Mary's Hospital For Children,London County Council Silver nurses badge
Another of the popular LCC Hospital ,nurses badges issued by the London County council between 1930 and 1948.This one being for the Queen Mary's Hospital for Children Carshalton.see;http://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/queenmarycarshalton.html
The badge features the blue enamelled cross with central shield bearing the LCC crest,this one on a white background.Excellent condition with minimal... read more
London County Council,St John's Hospital ,Silver Nurses Badge
Another of the Nurses badges awarded by the London Council Council between 1930 and 1948 for over 100 Hospitals after they took over responsibility for running what had been poor Law Institutions,It features a Blue enamel cross with a silver centre upon which is the crest for the LCC.This one is for St John's Hospital,St John's Hill Battersea.Originally the Wandsworth and Clapham Union Infirma... read more
London County Council Lambeth Hospital Silver Nurses Badge
Another of these popular LCC Silver & enamel badges from the 1930s.This is for the Lambeth Hospital,which was located at Brook Drive Kennington. It was,by 1939,one the three largest Municipal hospitals in London with some 1250 beds ;See ;http://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/lambeth.html
The badge features the LCC crest upon a silver roundel within a blue enamelled cross.Llke many of these badges th... read more