Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital,Nursing badges and fob watch set
A trio of items from the same nurse from the 1970s.
The first is a silver and enamel nurses badge from the Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital.The central design features the Nurses Lamp of Learning within a laurel wreath.The hospital title is in silver on a blue enamel band around the edge.Good condition with only minor dings to the enamel and some surface rubbing.Pin and clasp good Mar... read more
Prestwich Hospital,Mental Nurses Badge
A scarce silver plated and enamel badge for Mental Health Nursing at Prestwich Hospital Lancashire.It features a red rose of Lancashire on a silver background with a scroll above and below it bearing the hospital name.On a blue enamel band around the edge is the Latin motto Amino Et Fide-Courage and Faith .Condition is good with most plating remaining to finish.Pin and clasp good.Named to rear ... read more
Queen Elizabeth Hospital For Children,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
St Mary's Hospital Paddington,Large Nurses Badge and GNC pair
One of my favourite badges is the St Mary's "penny" and this pair of badges to the same nurse consist of a Penny and the matching GNC Badge
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 bears the latin motto " Quodcunque Facere Potest Manus Instanter Operare... read more
Dudley Road Hospital,Nurses Badge
A chrome 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 good ,Pin and clasp in good order.Unmarked to rear.Height 34mm read more
Wolverhampton School of Nursing,Silver Enrolled Nurses badge
A silver and enamel badge from the Wolverhampton School of Nursing issued for Enrolled Nurse training.The eight pointed cross has a shield bearing the crest of Wolverhampton Hospital Management Committee, granted in 1949, consisting of three wolves heads above a cross of St George.This is surrounded ny the School of Nursing title on a green band ,denoting EN training.Excellent condition.Named f... read more
Edgware School of Midwifery,Midwives badge
Based around the Edgware General Hospital ,the badge for the School of Midwifery was first issued in the 1970s.Depicting an acorn and oak leaves to represent new growth, the enamel is in good clean condition.Pin clasp and safety roller catch all good.Makers marks for Thomas Fattorini Regent Street Birmingham.Named for C T A Millburn 1976 .A later version of this badge exists with the wording Ba... read more
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Dudley Road Hospital,Nurses Badge
A chrome 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 good although with some minor surface scratches and one enamel chip below the OR of Forward.Pin has now... read more
Archway Group,Silver Nurses Badge
A silver and enamel badge ,from the Archway Group London from the early days of the NHS.The group consisted of the Whittington,Hornsey Central,Mildmay Memorial and New End Hospitals as well as the Alexandra Maternity Home,Home for Confirmed Invalids and Santa Claus Home for Sick Children.
The central motif features a design based upon the original Archway bridge,designed by John Nash in ... read more
Whittingham Hospital,Enrolled Nurses Badge
A Bronze metal and enamel badge for the Whittington Hospital from the 1960s.This version is for enrolled nurse training, the shield shaped badge continues the design of earlier badges with a central motif which features a design based upon the original Archway bridge, designed by John Nash in 1813.In good unissued condition with pin, clasp and safety roller catch all good.Unmarked to rear heigh... read more