Hensol Castle ,Silver Learning Disability Nurses badge

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

Poplar Hospital with GNC badge pair

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

Springfield Hospital Wandsworth ,Mental Nurses Badge

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

The Incorporated Society of Trained Masseuses/ The Chartered Society of Massage and Medical Gymnastics, pair of badges

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

Royal Red Cross first class/ Southampton Incorporation Infirmary silver medal, Edith Maud Lyle

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

Hallam Hospital West Bromwich/GNC pair of Nurses Badges.

A pair of badges awarded to the same nurse for her training at the Hallam Hospital West Bromwich during the Second World War.
The first is a chrome and enamel General Nursing Council for England & Wales badge, named for W I Baker SRN 118085 27.11.42 Good overall condition, pin and clasp intact.
The second is a chrome and enamelled nurses badge for the Hallam Hospital West Bromwic...  read more

Code: 54805

Cheltenham General Hospital, brass Nurses Badge

A nurses badge for Cheltenham General Hospital dating to the 1930s.In good condition with replacement pin & clasp, albeit a little bent .Some surface scratches and pitting but no enamel loss.Makers mark for Fattorini Bradford .,Height 30mm  read more

Code: 54804

Sheffield City General Hospital .Silver Midwifery Training School Badge

A silver and enamel Midwives badge from the Sheffield City Hospital Midwifery Training School.It features a blue enamel Greek cross upon which are ribbons forming a circle.To the centre is Midwifery Training School.The top ribbon bears City General Hospital, the lower Sheffield.Good condition throughout with pin, clasp and safety catch intact.Marked to rear for J E Seager October 1961.Hallmarke...  read more

Code: 54803