Nightingale School of Nursing,St Thomas' 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 cost.
For more information on the history of the design see;http://thenightingalefellowship.org.uk/the-nightingale-badge/
The enamelling on this badge is very good but has... read more
Medico Psycholocial Association Silver prize medal, Birmingham Asylums
A pair of badges awarded to to the same nurse for Mental Nurse training at the Birmingham Asylums during the First World War.The first is the standard bronze MPA pendant badge which features a Maltese cross with the goddess Psyche to the centre.The arms bear the words For Proficiency in Mental Nursing.Minor surface rubbing pin and clasp intact.Named to the rear for Katherine H Kendrick.Height 5... read more
West Essex Health Authority ,Silver Nurses badge (Green)
A silver and enamel badge for the West Essex Health Authority Nurse training course.Established in 1982 it superseded Harlow Health District and included Honey Lane Hospital and the War Memorial Hospital at Waltham Abbey,Ongar War Memorial,Epping Cottage and St Margaret's Hospital Epping.
Issued in three different colour variations for the different branches of training,this is the Green... read more
Star and Garter Home Richmond, cased VAD nurses medal
This opened in 1916 by the British Red Cross Society as a home for disabled ex servicemen at the Star and Garter Hotel in Richmond.This lovely medal takes the form of a bronze angel with outspread wings supporting a wounded figure.An enamelled red cross can be seen to the top. Condition is good.The rear is engraved for Miss Enid Callard December 1931.The BRCS records show her as service as a VA... read more
Derby School of Nursing,Nurses badge
A Base metal and enamel badge from the Derby School of Nursing.In Good overall condition but with enamel damage to several areas around the edge .Pin and safety roller catch all in good order.Makers mark to the rear Thomas Fattorini Regent Street Birmingham Height 32mm
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Townleys Hospital Bolton,Silver Nurses Badge.
A nurses silver and enamel pendant badge from Townleys Hospital Bolton.This was originally the Workhouse Infirmary before the abolition of the Poor Law Guardians in 1930.It was renamed Townleys Hospital until it was renamed as Townleys Annexe in 1948.This octagonal badge features the coat of arms of the city surrounded by the Rose motifs of Lancashire.It hangs from a plain silver pin back bar b... read more
Royal Hospital & Home For Incurables,Putney,Nurses Badge
A brass badge from the Royal Hospital & Home For Incurables Putney. Originally Voluntary Hospitals would refuse to accept patients with chronic conditions so the Hospital was established in 1855 to address this need .This badge post dates 1917 when the Hospital gained it's Royal charter and acquired this title.It features a Queens crown to the centre.A garter belt around the edge bears the phra... read more
St Luke's Municipal General Hospital Bradford,Silver Nurses Badge
A silver and enamel Nurses badge from the St Luke's Municipal General Hospital Bradford. The badge features the arms of Bradford topped by the lamp of Learning.Below this is the latin motto Quisque Pro Omnes-Every one for all.Condition is good with only minor surface scratches.Pin and clasp is good.Makers mark for Thomas Fattorini Limited Birmingham.Silver hallmarks for TF Birmingham 1963.Heig... read more
45.00 GBP
John Radcliffe Infirmary Oxford,Nurses "Gleam" badge
A bronze nurses pendant badge from the John Radcliffe Infirmary.It features an image of Florence Nightingale with her lamp and bears the phrase "A Gleam of God's Own Heaven" leading it to be known to staff as "the Gleam". The reverse sports a tree with panels carrying the title Radcliffe Infirmary County Hospital Oxford 1752.This badge was first issued from 1924 in bronze based upon at the meda... read more
Saffron Walden Hospital,Silver Nurses Badge
An unusual and rare badge from the Saffron Walden Hospital in Essex. Part of the Chelmsford and Essex Hospital Group,the badge utilises the school of Nursing from there which has been adapted from a pin back to a pendant fitting by the addition of a enamelled pin back suspension bar brooch.This bears the title Sarron Walden Hospital.Condition is very good .The rear bears makers marks for Thomas... read more