Queens Efficiency Medal & Bars,RAMC,Northampton General Hospital/SRN pair

A group of badges awarded to the same nurse. These are a silver QE2 Efficiency medal with Two Bars, for the Territorial & Army Volunteer Reserve.The scroll bar with T&AVR denotes this as being issued between 1967 and 1982.The medal was awarded for 12 continuous service with addition bars for six years.The face bears the image of Queen Elizabeth II and the reverse "For Efficient Service" It is n...  read more

Code: 53986

Northampton General Hospital,nurses badge

he distinctive nurses pendant badge from Northampton General Hospital.The suspension bar bears the title Northampton General Hospital,and retains it's pin and clasp.The Badge is unusual in that it it is double sided with the castle motif from the arms of the Borough Council on the face and the rose of Northamptonshire on the reverse.Although these badges were often made from silver this carries...  read more

Code: 53985

WW1 medal trio/Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh Meritorious Attendance of the Insane

A nice group of First World War Medals and RCP Edinburgh medal to a male Mental Asylum Attendant.
with accompanying reference from John Keay, CBE. MD. FRCP. Medical Superintendent Bangor Mental Hospital West Lothian.
The WW1 medals are the 1914-15 star,War and Victory medals. These are all named to 5027 Pte R Campbell Army Cyclist Corps.The accompanying wallet which contains a le...  read more

Code: 53983

Jamaica Mental Hospital cap badge

An extremely rare Large cap badge for the Jamaica Mental Hospital.
The Jamaica Lunatic Asylum has it's origins in the 1840s before moving to it's current site in 1861.It changed it's name to the Jamaica Mental Hospital in 1938 before becoming the Bellevue Hospital in 1946/47,so this badge dates to that period.
It takes the form of the Rod of Asclepius within a wreath of Laurel lea...  read more

Code: 50518

Ipswich & East Suffolk Hospital Training School For Nurses ,silver nurses badge

A silver and enamel badge from the Ipswich & East Suffolk Hospital Training School for Nurses.It features a design of a pair of hands reaching towards the symbolic Lamp of Learning.In good condition with minor surface scratches. Pin,clasp and safety roller catch all in good working order.Engraved for J M Ottywill 1959-1962 Makers mark for Thomas Fattorini Limited,Birmingham Hallmarked for 196...  read more

Code: 53984

Victoria Hospital Blackpool,State Registered Nurses badge

A base metal and enamel nurses badge for the Victoria Hospital Blackpool.In an oval shape bearing the figure of the goddess Hygeia over the crest of Blackpool,which features black and golden waves and a seagull relating to it's seaside location.
This is the SRN version with blue enamel to the edges.Good condition with the enamel intact and plated finish good.Pin and clasp intact. Makers ...  read more

Code: 53982

The Doris Cooper Memorial Medal,St Georges Hospital ,silver gilt nurses award

A cased nurses prize medal ,the Doris Cooper Memorial Medal, for St Georges Hospital.
The medal features a female figure with a shield holding aloft a laurel wreath.It is suspended from a green silk ribbon with yellow borders and has a bar brooch suspension with St Georges Hospital on it.The rear is engraved for Lucinda Mary Agerholm 1970.Length 85mm. In its original fitted presentation ...  read more

Code: 53980

Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children & Women,Bronze Prize Medal.

An original prize medal for the Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children'& Women. The small bronze medal is suspended from a blue silk ribbon with pin back bar brooch fixing.The face features the original hospital buildings on St Michaels Hill. To the rear is engraved Presented to M A s Clarke 1938.
In its original velvet and silk line presentation case.Height with ribbon 70mm  read more

Code: 53979

Cardiff Royal Infirmary,Bronze Nurses Prize Medal

A very rare prize medal awarded by the Cardiff Royal Infirmary for Nurse training.These were ,I believe, awarded to the nurse gaining the highest marks in their exams and were issued in a gold, silver and bronze category. They feature the design of the nurses badge in each of those metals suspended from a silk ribbon.
This one is unnamed but in good condition. In its original silk and ve...  read more

Code: 53978

Paddington Infirmary London, Nurses Gold Medal

A rare prize medal for the Paddington Infirmary London, in gilt metal.In excellent crisp condition with minimal surface wear.Medal face bears the Hospital crest and reverse engraved to Lucy Stella Rayner 1928. Although awarded the Gold medal, it is in fact
of a plated gilt finish
Missing ribbon but with suspension bar. In its original wooden and velvet line presentation box, name...  read more

Code: 53977