St Pancras Infirmary,nurses badge

An early bronze nurse badge from the St Pancras Infirmary.Originally the Infirmary serving the St Pancras Workhouse, it was so overcrowded a second Infirmary building to the north was built.These become known as St Pancras Infirmary South and North.The North infirmary was later renamed Highgate Hospital and the South St Pancras Hospital(in 1920).The design features an image of the young Saint holding a palm frond.the Hospital title appears on a band around the edge.The rear is inscribed SPI North. Mary Winifred Stratford Oct 1918 Height 39mm

Code: 53043