St Cadoc's Hospital, Caerleon .Silver Mental Nurses badge

A silver and enamel Badge from the St Cadoc's Hospital in Caerleon Newport Wales. Originally the Newport Borough Asylum it became St Cadoc's hospital upon joining the new NHS in 1948..In very good condition with only minor surface scratches.Pin and clasp are good.Silver hallmarks for TK&S London 1965.Height 32mm  read more

Code: 54155

Merthyr Infirmary,Nurses badge

A rare nurses badge for Merthyr Infirmary in South Wales.Merthyr Tydfil means the Burial place of Tydfil.St Tydfil. was the daughter of a Welsh chieftain who was killed by raiding Picts.Her burial place became a church and later shrine. The badge features her figure on a shield, from the towns coat of arms.She carries a distaff using in spinning denoting Industry, which the area is noted for.S...  read more

Code: 54154

Glantawe Group School of Nursing,Nurses Badge

An enamelled nurses badge for the short lived Glantawe Group School of Nursing in West Glamorgan. I believe the school was only in operation for a few years in the 1970s.  read more

Code: 54152

Aberdare & District Midwives Association & Midwives Institute members badge

A pair of badges to the same midwife from the 1930s.
The first is the small members badge for then Midwives Institute which was to become the College of Midwives in 1941.Founded in 1881, the motto Vita Donum Dei-Life is the gift of God is still the same today.
in good condition with pin and clasp intact.Makers mark for  read more

Code: 54133

Montgomeryshire County Nursing Association,Silver Nurses Long Service badge

A rare silver badge for the Montgomeryshire County Nursing Association, for long service. The large oval badge bears the central motif of a dragon on a Greek cross with the initials MCNA around the quarters of the cross.This is in a large oval border with has Powys Parades Cymru- Powys Paradise Wales, Gwethred A Ddenys-By their deeds shall you know them. the dates 1910 and 1931 are to the left...  read more

Code: 54116

College of Human & Health Sciences, Swansea University,Nurses Badge

A more modern item being the badge awarded to those nurses completing the course at the College of Human & Health Sciences at Swansea University
in its original plastic case of issue it is in unused condition.It has a modern pin and butterfly back fixing.Height 37mm  read more

Code: 54112

St Lawrence Hospital Chepstow,Welsh National Board Burns & Plastic Surgery Nurses badge

A scarce nurses badge for the Burns & Plastic Surgery Nursing course at St Lawrence Hospital Chepstow. The burns centre was located here as being near to the major steel and coal producing area of South Wales. It closed in 1994 and moved to Morriston Hospital Swansea.
The badge features a depiction of St Lawrence who was martyred on a gridiron!
God condition with pin, clasp and sa...  read more

Code: 54068

Gwent School of Nursing,Pen Y Fal Silver Nurses Pendant Badge

A nice silver pendant badge for the Gwent School of Nursing for Pen Y Fal, the Psychiatric Hospital on the edge of Abergavenny.( it was also the temporary home for Rudolph Hess,The deputy Nazi leader ,during the war)
In near mint condition ,with pin,clasp and safety roller catch all in good order.Fully hallmarked for TK&S makers, year letter 1982.
Height 50mm drop  read more

Code: 54030

Gwent School of Nursing,silver SRN training badge

A silver and enamel badge awarded for State Registered Nurse training at the Gwent School of Nursing in the 1970s.The badge features a cross whose ends are shaped in the form of Prince of Wales feathers.At the centre of this is a lamp of learning taken from the badge design of the previous Royal Gwent Hospital badge.There is a blue enamel banner to the top with Gwent School of Nursing.Conditio...  read more

Code: 53974

Cardiff Royal Infirmary,Bronze Nurses Prize Medal

A very rare prize medal awarded by the Cardiff Royal Infirmary for Nurse training.These were ,I believe, awarded to the nurse gaining the highest marks in their exams and were issued in a gold, silver and bronze category. They feature the design of the nurses badge in each of those metals suspended from a silk ribbon.
This one is unnamed but in good condition. In its original silk and ve...  read more

Code: 53978