A brass and enamel nurses badge for the Dreadnought School of Nursing. based at Greenwich. It features the original vessel used as a hospital for the Seamans Hospital Society, a hulk which was renamed HMS Dreadnought prior to its move onshore. The motto Fidelis, Veritas, Sacrificia- Faith, Truth , Sacrifices. The rear is engraved Dreadnought School of Nursing M.Wilson June 1951
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Code: 54814

An original members badge for the Royal College of Nursing,of the pattern issued during the wartime years 1939-46.In Sterling Silver with the intertwined letters RCN topped by the King's Crown.It retains it's pin and clasp and is marked for the maker J R Gaunt London.It bears the membership number 61568 Height 33mm  read more

Code: 54812

A scarce Nurses badge for Learning Disability training at Hensol Castle in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
The castle was bought in 1926 and opened in 1930 for ,what were then referred to as, Mental Defectives.It expanded to take over 800 patients before its eventual closure in 2003.It was bought and now operates as a Wedding Venue.
The badge is silver and enamel and features a cent...  read more

Code: 54811

A pair of badges awarded to the same nurse for her training in the 1940s.
The first is a large and heavy Silver Nurses badge for the Poplar Hospital (previously the Poplar Hospital for Accidents.)The design features the distinctive Dockyard gates directly opposite the Hospital(which provided many of their patients).This is the one of several different versions of the badges from this hos...  read more

Code: 54810

A small base metal and enamel Badge for RMN Training at the Springfield Mental Hospital at Wandsworth.It features the hospital crest on a blue shield within a blue enamel garter belt bearing the Hospital title.Condition good with pin and clasp intact. Marked to rear. Spink London. Height 22mm Width 27mm  read more

Code: 54809

A pair of badges awarded to the same lady for her training as a medical Masseuse during the early 1920s. Gladys Katherine Smallwood is shown on the register of Masseuses and Physiotherapists as CSMMG member 2897 around 1920/21 . The badges are a brass and enamel The Incorporated Society of Trained Masseuses members badge in good condition.It is numbered 1764 and is engraved for G K Smallwood.In...  read more

Code: 54807

60.00 GBP

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A pair of awards to a nurse for her training at Southampton Incorporation Infirmary and her later Army Nursing Service.
Edith Maud Lyle was born in Barnstaple on 18.9.1879 and later moved to Salisbury before undertaking her Nurse training at Southampton Incorporation Infirmary, the newly opened workhouse Infirmary in the suburb of Shirley on the then edge of Southampton,from 1905 to 1908...  read more

Code: 54806

750.00 GBP

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