Hill View Hospital,Grantham.Nurses badge.

A chrome and enamel nurses badge from Hill View Hospital Grantham.The hospital was based in the former Workhouse buildings at Dysert road and was also used as a Maternity Hospital prior to its closure in the 1970s.This badge ,I believe, dates to the 1950s.
The design features the Chequer pattern taken from the Borough arms of Grantham.Good overall condition.Pin clasp and safety roller ca...  read more

Code: 52030

St Marks Hospital for Cancer,Fistula & Other Diseases of the Rectum.Silver Nurses Badge

An interesting silver nurses badge for St Marks Hospital, City Road London.It consists of an oval badge in silver ,engraved with the winged lion of St Mark on a plinth below which is a scroll with St Marks.An ornate rope border is applied to the edge.
There are a number of surface scratches but condition is generally good with pin and clasp good.
The rear is inscribed for Ruth Kn...  read more

Code: 52851

The Royal Infirmary Sheffield ,cased Bronze Nurses badge

A bronze nurses pendant badge for the Sheffield Royal Infirmary, in its original fitted case.The ornate cross design has a raised boss to the centre around which is The Royal Infirmary Sheffield.Is hangs from a pin back bar brooch on which 1929 has been engraved.Height 50mm.To the rear it is engraved form M Needham,as well as on the bar.Makers mark for Vaughtons B,Ham.In its original silk and v...  read more

Code: 52848

Southend on Sea School of Nursing silver badge

A Silver and enamel Nurses Badge from the 1960s for the Southend on Sea School of Nursing. It features the Lily Emblem of St Mary,known as the Prittlewell Lilies they feature on many of the Hospitals badges.The enamel is in good condition with only minor surface scratches.The rear has lost its original pin and has a temporary repair of a safety pin added.There are traces of an original inscript...  read more

Code: 50367

Southend on Sea General Hospital,Bronze Nurses badge

A Brass pendant nurses badge for the Southend on Sea General Hospital.It features the Prittlewell Lily on a Maltese cross, an emblem still associated with todays hospital.In good overall condition ,the badge shows some signs of earlier repair.Pin and clasp intact.Engraved to the rear for Margaret H Jones 1944-47.Height 42mm  read more

Code: 52010

Royal Eastern Counties Hospital Colchester,Learning Disability Nurses badge

A superb white metal and enamel Nurses badge from the Royal Eastern Counties Hospital in Colchester.Enamel is in very good condition,Crescent buttonhole back fixing (for Male Nurses)Hallmarked for M&B(Marples & Beasley) .Height 31mm  read more

Code: 52238

Royal Eastern Counties Hospital Colchester Silver Nurses Badge

A superb silver and enamel Nurses badge from the Royal Eastern Counties Hospital in Colchester.Enamel is in very good condition,Crescent buttonhole back fixing (for Male Nurses),engraved to Charles Truman 18.4.36.Hallmarked for M&B(Marples & Beasley) for 1928.Height 32mm  read more

Code: 50406

Towers Hospital Leicester,Silver Nurses badge

A silver gilt and enamel nurses badge for the Towers Mental Hospital Leicester.The design features a figure surrounded by trees heading towards the rays of the sun.The latin motto Ex Umbris In Lucem - Out of Darkness into light appears on a scroll at the base.Condition is good ,pin and clasp in good order.Silver hallmarks for TF Birmingham 1971 Height 30mm  read more

Code: 52847

Bristol Eye Hospital,Silver Nurses Badge

A large and attractive silver nurses badge from the Bristol Eye Hospital.It features the Intertwined initials BEH of the hospital on a large oval badge.In very good condition barring a minimal enamel damage in the centre and some surface scratches.Pin,clasp and safety roller catch all good.Engraved for A J Richardson March 1981.Hallmarked for Thomas Fattorini Birmingham and year letter for 1977...  read more

Code: 52114

Several Hospital Colchester,Silver RMN Badge

A silver and enamel Nurses badge for the Severalls Mental Hospital near Colchester.The design features the "True Cross" associated with St Helena and Colchester,the lamp of learning,the serpent of health as featured in the Rod of Asclepius and the red rose.This pattern of badge was introduced after the hospital was absorbed into the new NHS in 1948.
In good clean condition but with some ...  read more

Code: 52553