Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital,Nurses Badge

A bronze metal nurses badge from the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital London. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was the first woman doctor in the UK who in 1866 opened a Dispensary to provide treatment to women, later to become the New Hospital For Women.The Hospital was renamed after its founder shortly after her death in 1918. For many years this continued to provide treatment for women by women....  read more

Code: 52463

University of Surrey,BSc Nursing Studies, nurses badge

A Nurses badge for the Bachelor of Science Nursing Studies course at the University of Surrey.The University operates from a number of sites across Surrey,Sussex & North Hampshire.The design features the University Coat of arms.Condition good with minimal surface wear.Pin and clasp good .Makers mark for Thomas Fattorini Regent Street Birmingham .Numbered to the rear .Height 32mm  read more

Code: 53082

The Hospital For Sick Children London,Enrolled Nurses Badge

An enamelled retangular Enrolled Nurses Badge for the Hospitals for Sick Children London including Great Ormond Street Hospital.In green enamel ,as pictured.Pin and clasp good.Makers marks for Thomas Fattorini Regent Street Birmingham.Height 31mm

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Code: 53071

Kings College Hospital School of Midwifery,Midwives badgeo

A scarce midwifery badge for training at Kings College Hospital.The oval badge features a mother with infant and young child within an ornate border.This is surrounded by a green enamel border which bears the hospital title.Some surface abrasions but generally good condition.Pin clasp and safety roller catch are all good.Makers mark for Fattorini Tel 021236552 Height 42mm  read more

Code: 53075

Amersham & High Wycombe School of Nursing,Nurses Badge

A large and impressive badge from the Amersham & High Wycombe School of Nursing,dating to the 1970s.The oval chromed metal and enamel design features the Bohun Swan from the insignia of Buckinghamshire above that of a staff and spent with an open book denoting medicine and education.This is on a blue border with the school title on a red badge to the edge.Condition is very good with pin, clasp ...  read more

Code: 53077

Chichester & Greylingwell School of Nursing

A silver and enamel badge from the Chichester & Graylingwell School of Nursing.The badge features a central roundel with a design of the Market Cross in Chichester.This is imposed upon a Maltese cross in purple.
In very good overall condition with enamel intact with only minor surface scratches .The pin ,clasp and safety roller catch are all good.Named for H L Kirk 1978
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Code: 53078

Birmingham Asylums Committee Medico Psychological Association Prize Medal

A prize badge awarded for Mental Nurse training at the Birmingham Asylums .
This is a white metal medal in the form of a St Johns cross with concave arms and convex ends.To the centre are the arms of the City of Birmingham.Three arms bear the Thistle,Rose and Shamrock and the fourth is inscribed with the date 1906.The rear is inscribed" Presented by the Birmingham Asylums Committee to Ro...  read more

Code: 53074

The Infants Hospital Westminster,Nurses Bronze Medal

A bronze medal for the Infants Hospital Westminster which I believe dates to the 1920s.One side features a figure symbolising Motherhood with two infants at her feet.The reverse bears the Swaddled baby, taken from the original 15th Century plaques on the Foundling Hospital in Florence and which features in the later nursing badges issued by the hospital.Height 43mm  read more

Code: 53070

Birmingham Orthopaedic Hospital,Silver Nurses Badge

scarce silver badge from the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital,the Woodlands,Birmingham.The Nurse Training School opened in 1937 for the Orthopaedic certificate and the first badges were awarded in 1951.Designed by the Matron,Miss B Mountain in conjunction with the Birmingham School of Art.In unpolished silver the main design features a Geneva cross within a laurel wreath surrounded by the Hospital ti...  read more

Code: 53069

The Infants Hospital,Nurses Badge

A white metal and enamel nurses badge from the Infants Hospital in Vincent Square,Westminster.Originally named the Infants Hospital it was later renamed the Westminster Children's Hospital in 1946, so this badge must predate that
The badge features the swaddled baby on a blue background,taken from the original 15th Century plaques on the Foundling Hospital in Florence.This is above a scr...  read more

Code: 53068