Kent & Canterbury Hospital/GNC male nurse pair
A pair of badges awarded to the same male nurse for his training in the 1950s.The first is a chrome and enamel General Nursing Council for England & Wales badge.This is named for S T Crow SRN 198850 17.10.1952,this being Stanley Thomas Crow who is shown as having trained at the K&C Hospital.
Secondly is a silver and enamel badge from the Kent & Canterbury Hospital.The oval design featur... read more
St Andrew's Hospital Bow / GNC pair of badges.
A pair of badges awarded to the same nurse, namely a General Nursing Council for England & Wales chrome and enamel badge.This is engraved for Y B P Hughes-Lamb SRN392475 26.3.68 .She is shown in the GNC register as Yvonne Bryony Pauline Hughes-Lamb who trained at the St Andrew's Hospital Bow.Very good condition.
The second is a white metal and enamel badge for St Andrew's Hospital.Origi... read more
Amersham General & High Wycombe Training School for Nurses
An interesting large enamelled nurses badge from the Amersham General & High Wycombe Hospitals Group Training School for Nurses.It features the entwined initials of the two hospitals within the group. There is some enamel damage to the edges, as pictured.Pin and clasp are intact if slightly bent.Engraved for B C Archer 26.3.59 Height 42mm read more
Nightingale School of Nursing St Thomas's Hospital,Silver Nurses Badge
Another beautiful 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 and my purchase and restoration cost.
For more information on the history of the design see;http://thenightingalefellowship.org.uk/the-nightingale-badge/
The enamel on this badge has been... read more
Suffolk College School of Nursing & Midwifery,Nurses Badge
A chrome and enamel Nurses badge from the Suffolk College School of Nursing & Midwifery.Based in Ipswich it covered nurse training in a number of hospitals in East Anglia.The central motif is of a medieval sailing ship relating to the nautical history of the region.Very good condition,pin and clasp good.Makers mark for Fattorini Tel 021-236-1307.Height 31mm Width 37mm read more
Nightingale School of Nursing St Thomas's Hospital,Silver Nurses Badge
Another beautiful 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 and my purchase and restoration cost.
For more information on the history of the design see;http://thenightingalefellowship.org.uk/the-nightingale-badge/
The enamel on this badge has been... read more
Cased Badge of the Nightingale School of Nursing St Thomas Hospital
I am listing here,yet another exquisite example of one of the most sought after Nursing Badges ever issued,that of the Nightingale School of Nursing at St Thomas' Hospital.
This silver badge ,in it's own original leather presentation case,is in an excellent restored condition having been fully re-enameled to a high standard.It is named to H Gertrude Hall with the year 1927 ,This is Harri... read more
Sheffield North Trent College of Nursing & Midwifery. Nurses Badge
An enamel badge for the Sheffield North Trent College of Nursing & Midwifery which was in use until 1995.In mauve,Turquoise and green enamels the design shows a stylised S in the form of a ribbon.Unmarked to the rear,Very good condition,Pin has been professionally replaced. Clasp and safety roller catch in good order.Height 30mm read more
Parish of Nottingham Infirmary Nurses League
An early Bronze metal pendant nurses badge for the Parish of Nottingham Infirmary Nurses League. The Infirmary was for the Workhouse at Bagthorpe and later went on to become the City Hospital.
The cross patience design has a central cross with the title on a band around this. This is suspended from a pin back bar brooch with Unity Is Strength.The pin has been replaced and condition is g... read more
Avon & Gloucestershire College of Health,Nurses badge
A small enamelled badge for the Avon & Gloucestershire College of Health.This predates 1996 when the college amalgamated with Bath and Swindon College of Health Studies to form the University of the West of England based at the Glenside Campus Bristol. In generally good condition with some minor surface scratches.Pin and clasp good, unmarked to rear.Height 28mm read more