The Nursing Sisters of St John The Divine,Nurses badge

A rare nurses badge in white metal for the Anglican Nursing Order of St John The Divine.The badge takes the form of a St Johns or Pattee cross in white metal on which is imposed an eagle with halo clutching a scroll, emblems associated with St John .This is suspended from a red and white striped silk ribbon.Condition is good although there are scratch marks to one arm of the cross.
I do have a later version from the 1920s but believe this may date to the late 19th or early 20th century.It is unfortunately not hallmarked or dated but an interesting piece of nursing history.The Nursing Sisters of St John also form the basis for the TV Series Call The Midwife. See; https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/…/a9eedff1-65e6-4…

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