City of Chester City Hospital,Nurses badge trio

A trio of badges awarded to the same nurse for her training in the 1950s
These are a Chrome and enamel General Nursing Council for England & Wales. In good general condition with pin and clasp intact. Engraved for R M C Lynch SRN 179982 26.3.1951 (Rose Mary Concepta Lynch ) shown as having trained at Chester City Hospital.
The second item is a large gunmetal badge for the City of...  read more

Code: 54563

St Mark's Hospital London,Silver Nurses Badge

A rare silver badge for St Mark's Hospital London . St Mark's opened as a specialist hospital for Fistula and other Diseases of the Rectum in 1854 in City Road.
This plain silver badge features the winged Lion of St Mark as featured on the emblem of Venice.Good condition although with some surface scratches.Pin and clasp intact .It is named to the rear Mary Bowden June 5th 1937 to June 1...  read more

Code: 54562

Darlington Memorial Hospital, Silver Nurses Badge

A small silver and enamel nurses badge from Darlington General Hospital. The design depicts a hospital ward with a nurse tending to a patient in a bed on a blue enamel background .The hospital title appears on a red enamel border around the edge.Good overall condition with minor wearing some enamel nibbles to base, pin is a temporary replacement.Makers mark for Thomas Fattorini Hockley Street B...  read more

Code: 54561

Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary,Silver Nurses badge

A silver and enamel Nurses badge from the Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary.It consists of the intertwined initials GRI with the Hospital title in silver on green enamel border.Very good condition with pin and clasp good.Engraved to the rear Alice Bulpin 1900-1902. Silver hallmarks for Fattorini & Sons Birmingham 1939 which suggests this badge may have been issued retrospectively many years after...  read more

Code: 54560

North Derbyshire School of Nursing,Silver Nurses/midwives badge?

A silver and enamel badge for the North Derbyshire School of Nursing which was based at Chesterfield.
The badge features the coat of Arms of Derbyshire topped by a caduceus with the entwined snakes.It is also flanked by a number of Pomegranate fruits, a symbol of fertility and regeneration.the red enamel border bears North Derbyshire School of Nursing.Good condition with pin clasp and sa...  read more

Code: 54559

Chester District School of Nursing, Silver Nurses Badge

Asilver and enamel nurses badge for the Chester District School of Nursing.The design features the wheatsheaf in gold,taken from the coat of arms of the City of Chester.The blue background denotes registered Nurse training ,as opposed to a red background for Midwifery training.This design was first issued in the mid 1970s. Good condition with pin,clasp and safety roller catch all good.Makers ma...  read more

Code: 54558

Nightingale School of Nursing St Thomas's Hospital,Silver Nurses Badge(Ann H Cope)

Another beautiful silver and enamel nurses badge from the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing of St Thomas' Hospital.
For more information on the history of the design see;http://thenightingalefellowship.org.uk/the-nightingale-badge/
The enamel on this badge has been expertly re-enamelled to a very high Standard
The pin and clasp are good .It is engraved to the rear Nigh...  read more

Code: 54557

Southampton University Hospitals,Nurses Badge

An enamelled badge from the Southampton University Hospitals dating to the 1980s.In very good condition with no enamel loss or damage.The design features the rose emblem of Hampshire with a central shield bearing the lamp of nursing.The title Southampton University Hospitals is inscribed around the edge.This is then imposed upon a blue enamelled wedge pattee cross.
Very good condition ,p...  read more

Code: 54556

Leicester Royal Infirmary Nurses League, Members badge

A base metal nurses badge for the Nurses League of the Leicester Royal Infirmary,dating to the 1940s.It features the intertwined initials of the Hospital topped by a scroll with their motto Unity and Honour and the year of its foundation 1903.In good overall condition barring several surface scratches. Pin and catch intact.Engraved to rear M J Thornton.(This appears to be Mary Joy Thornton who ...  read more

Code: 54551

West Cheshire School of Nursing,silver Nurses Badge

A nice silver and enamel badge for the West Cheshire School of Nursing, I believe, for Enrolled Nurse Training.The oval badge features a central motif of a wheat sheaf, a symbol for Cheshire.
Good condition with pin and clasp intact .Hallmarked for Thomas Fattorini Birmingham 1974. Named for Margaret Hyde.  read more

Code: 54548