New Cross Hospital Wolverhampton/ GNC pair of badges

A pair of badges awarded to the same nurse for her training in the 1930s and 40s. The first is a silver and enamel badge for. New Cross Hospital Wolverhampton.Originally the Workhouse Infirmary opened in 1903, it was renamed as New Cross Hospital in 1930. The design features a Maltese Cross with a central disc bearing the coat of arms of Wolverhamton in a blue border with the hospital name.Cond...  read more

Code: 54725

Royal Air Force Medical Branch.Officers Collar tabs

A pair of Queen Elizabeth 2 ,winged caduceus, collar badges as worn in by the Royal Air Force Medical Branch. 26mm each  read more

Code: 54724

Royal Air Force, Nurse Training School

Another of these popular composite relief badges for the Nurse Training School of the RAF.It features the winged Caduceus within a wreath on a sky blue background.In a generally fair condition, pin and clasp present but have been repaired and are still loose ,I would advise against wearing until a better repair. can be undertaken .Unmarked to rear  read more

Code: 54723

St Marylebone Hospital,Nurses Medal

A bronze nurses medal from St Marylebone Hospital, (later to be renamed St Charles' Hospital),in North Kensington.Originally a Poor Law Infirmary, it was one of the first to have its own Nurse Training School under the auspices of Florence Nightingale.It changed its name from St Marlylebone Infirmary in 1923 and then St Charles' Hospital in 1930 when it came under the control of the LCC.
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Code: 54722

St Marylebone Infirmary, early nurses medal

A bronze nurses medal from St Marylebone Infirmary, (later to be renamed St Charles' Hospital),in North Kensington.Originally a Poor Law Infirmary, it was one of the first to have its own Nurse Training School under the auspices of Florence Nightingale.It changed its name to St Marlylebone Hospital in 1923 and then St Charles' Hospital in 1930 when it came under the control of the LCC.
T...  read more

Code: 54721

Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust, Staff badge

A modern staff member badge for the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust. Pin back fixing in good order.  read more

Code: 54716

Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital,silver plated midwives badge

A silver plated and enamel Midwive's badge from the Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital,Marylebone Road,London.Claimed to be the oldest Maternity Hospital in the country ,having been founded in 1739.The badge features a shield bearing the coat of arms of Queen Charlotte below an imperial crown..Good overall condition although with some enamel damage at the base and minor wear to the plating.Th...  read more

Code: 54718

London County Council, New End Hospital, Silver Nurses Badge

Yet another of the the popular London County Council Hospital Nurses badges issued between 1930 and 1948.This one is for New End Hospital.Originally Hampstead Union Workhouse ,it was renamed in 1931 after it came under the control of the LCC.
The badge features the blue enamelled cross with central shield bearing the LCC crest,this one on a silver background.There is major damage to th...  read more

Code: 54720

London County Council St Alfege's Hospital,Silver Nurses Badge

Yet another of the the popular London County Council Hospital Nurses badges issued between 1930 and 1948.This one is for St Alfege's Hospital.Originally the Greenwich & Deptford Workhouse and Infirmary,it was renamed in 1931 after it came under the control of the LCC.
The badge features the blue enamelled cross with central shield bearing the LCC crest,this one on a silver background.The...  read more

Code: 54719

The London Chest Hospital , Nurses Badge

A rare Nurses badge for the London Chest Hospital, which I believe dates between 1937 and 1949. The design features a 16th century Breastplate or Cuirass above a blue banner with London Chest Hospital.This alludes to a type of external ventilator ,often used during polio outbreaks in the 1940s.
In a nice clean condition with pin and clasp intact.  read more

Code: 54717