Highfield Institution Sunderland, Award of Merit, Nurses Badge
A bronze and enamel fob medal/badge for the Highfield Institution and Municipal Hospital Sunderland.Originally the Workhouse Infirmary it came under the control of Sunderland Council in 1930 and was renamed.It was later to become the Sunderland Royal Infirmary.
This lozenge shaped badge depicts a nurse in 1920s uniform tending a patient,Highfield Sunderland appears on a blue band above ... read more
Miss Storer's Nursing Association, Edgbaston. Silver gilt Nurses Badge
An ornate silver gilt and enamel nurses badge from Miss Storer's Nursing Association. This was originally Miss Storer's Nurses Co-operation and was ,I believe, founded in the late 19th Century.It is shown by the 1930s as being Miss Storer's Nursing Home and Nurses Co-operation, based at Homeleigh 9 Church road Edgbaston. This lovely badge consists of an enamelled Greek cross with a central boss... read more
Liverpool Area Health Authority(Teaching)district Nursing Service,Enrolled Nurses Badge
An enamelled community Nurses badge from the Liverpool Area Health Authority(teaching) for the District Nursing Service.The green edging denotes Enrolled Nurse Training.Fair condition with some surface marks and abrasions.Pin clasp and safety roller catch are all good.Unmarked to rear.Height 27mm read more
East Riding General Hospital Driffield E Yorks
A case metal and enamel nurses badge for the East Riding General Hospital,East Yorkshire.It features a stylised Lamp of Learning with flame, above a wreath with three white roses representing Yorkshire.Condition is excellent unissued.Pin clasp and safety roller catch are all good.Makers mark for Thomas Fattorini Regent Street Birmingham.Height 38mm.In it's original plastic case of issue. read more
Fir Vale Hospital Sheffield,Nurses Badge
A brass metal nurses badge from the Fir Vale Hospital Sheffield. I believe that this version may be for Enrolled Nurse training.It features a plain metal Greek cross upon which are ribbons forming a circle.To the centre is a Lamp of Learning.The top ribbon bears the initials for FVH, the lower Sheffield.Good condition throughout with pin and clasp intact.Marked to rear Fattorini & Sons Sheffie... read more
Silver Scrolls Two Piece Nurses Buckle, Mappin & Web Sheffield 1899b
A large hallmarked silver two piece Belt buckle in an ornate scroll design as pictured.In good condition with clasp and belt loops intact.Hallmarked for Sheffield 1899 makers M&W (Mappin & Webb) Width 112mm Height 68mm read more
William Tuke Medal,The Retreat York,Mental Nursing Prize
A large and impressive bronze medal for Proficiency in Mental Nursing, from the Retreat Hospital in York.This was founded by William Tuke, in 1796 as a private Asylum for Quakers and went on to pioneer many innovative treatments for mental illness.
See;https://www.revolvy.com/page/William-Tuke
Measuring 47mm by 33mm,the medal face bears an image of William Tuke,Founded the Retreat... read more
Silver Plated Nurses belt buckle, star design
A two piece nurses belt buckle in EPNS( Electroplated Nickel Silver).It features a number of scroll motifs with an eight pointed star to back section .Width 95mm Height 59mm.Good condition with clasp and belt loops intact. read more
Queen Elizabeth College of Health Care Studies Birmingham
An enamelled nurses badge from the Queen Elizabeth College of Nursing & Health Studies in Birmingham.Excellent condition, pin and clasp good,Unmarked to rear.Height 40mm read more
Norfolk College of Nursing & Midwifery,Nurses Badge
An enamelled badge for the Norfolk College of Nursing & Midwifery.The central motif features a number of emblems which have featured on the earlier Nursing schools of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospitals.Good condition with some minor wear.The pin clasp may be a replacement.Makers marks for Fattorini Birmingham Height 32mm read more