Saint David's Hospital Cardiff,Nurses Badge

A scarce base metal and enamel badge for the Saint David's Hospital Cardiff. Originally the workhouse Infirmary, it joined the NHS in 1948 and eventually closed in the early 1990s when most of the hospital was demolished.The remaining entrance building is now converted to apartments and a new hospital has been built nearby.
The badge has an oval shape with cross elements.It bears a diamo...  read more

Code: 54491

Nurses League of St Bartholomew's Hospital ,Silver Nurses Badge

A silver and enamel Nurses badge from the League of St Bartholomew's Nurses .A nice heavy badge,first awarded to League members from 1900,this was the second pattern in use from the late 1930s when the word Hospital was added.It Features the Wakering Shield .In good overall condition with some minor surface scratching to the enamel, the pin and clasp are present but show signs of an old repair....  read more

Code: 54490

Royal Infirmary Edinburgh School of Nursing,Silver Nurses badge

A silver and enamel Nurses badge from the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, in very good condition. It features the emblem of the Royal Infirmary,the Pelican feeding it's young with it's own blood,noted as a symbol of dedication and service to others. The Nurses League of the School of Nursing is still today known as the Pelican League;http://pelican-nurses-league-rie.org/index.php
The badge it...  read more

Code: 54488

General Nursing Council For England & Wales,Chrome RNMS Badge

A chrome and enamel badge for the General Nursing Council for England & Wales from the late 1970s/early 80s. In good overall condition with minimal surface rubbing and enamel good.Pin and clasp are all in good order.This is engraved for RMNS (Registered Nurse Mental Subnormality) Numbered to rear 11686
The naming and dating of individual GNC badges was discontinued in around 1973/74 af...  read more

Code: 54487

West Norfolk & Kings Lynn General Hospital Nurses Badge

A Brass and enamel nurses badge from the West Norfolk & Kings Lynn General Hospital .The majority of King's Lynn badges feature the shield bearing three dragons with crosses in their mouths.This is based upon the legend of St Margaret of Antioch/St Marina who was faced with a dragon and the cross she was wearing grew so large that she emerged unharmed.
This badge is for nurse training wi...  read more

Code: 50804

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital,9ct Gold Nurses Prize Medal

A rare prize medal, in 9ct Gold for Nurse training at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital for Women,London
Named for the woman to become the first woman doctor in the UK, the hospital was originally the New Hospital for Women, for many years staffed entirely by women.
The medal features a winged figure holding a snake ,the emblem of Medicine. Around the edge is the name of t...  read more

Code: 54486

Kings College Hospital , silver nurses badge

A silver nurses badge for Kings College Hospital London.It takes the same shape and form as the original Kings College Hospital Nurses League badge which was introduced in 1924.It has the lion above a crown on a book with the motto Sancte et Sapientur -with Holiness and with Wisdom . This version however has the green border and is in silver,.Good overall condition with pin although clasp is mi...  read more

Code: 54485

General Nursing Council For England & Wales,Silver SRN Badge

A silver and enamel badge for the General Nursing Council for England & Wales.In good overall condition with minimal surface rubbing and enamel good.Pin & clasp in good order, Named on the reverse for E H English SRN 10985. 16.2.23 (This is Elizabeth Hamilton English,nee Mann who trained at Kings College Hospital 1917-20)  read more

Code: 54484