Middlewood Hospital Sheffield,Mental Nurses badge
An enamelled Mental Nurses Badge for the Middlewood Hospital Sheffield.The hospital closed in 1996 and now houses a residential development.The badge features a central image of a Lamp of Learning between two trees(Middlewood?).Good overall condition but with several surface scratches.Pin and clasp intact.Engraved to the rear for S. Gambles( This is Susan Gamble nee Jones who is shown in the r... read more
Swansea General & Eye Hospital,Brass Nurses Badge
A brass Nurses pendant type badge for the Swansea General & Eye Hospital. The medal is suspended from a plain brass pin back bar brooch.It bears an image of the original Hospital with the title on a banded belt to the edge.Below this is a scroll with the latin motto Amica Generis Humani- A friend to the human race.Inscribed on the back 246 B E Davies 4 Nov 1932. Condition is good although it ha... read more
Mothercraft Training Society, silver badge
A small silver and enamel Brooch style badge for the Mothercraft Training Society,which had previously been known as the Babies of the Empire Society .This organisation appears to have been founded in 1917 and ran until the 1950s.It offered training to Nurses ,Midwives and mothers on the principles of successful child-rearing.It operated the Princess Elizabeth of York Hostel in Winchester road ... read more
General Nursing Council for England & Wales,Registered Fever Nursing Certificate
An original certificate from the General Nursing Council for England & Wales for Registered Fever Nursing,awarded to Miss Jennett M Richard dating to March 21st 1924. She is shown as RFN 1458 with her address being City Hospital Little Bromwich Birmingham.The register records her gaining her certificate between 1903-1905 at the City of Birmingham Fever Hospital.The certificate is in excellent r... read more
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve,Tippet Medal,small size.
An original Silver Tippet badge for the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve.From it's foundation in 1908,(from what had been Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service Reserve)until 1949, this badge would have been worn on the Cape or Tippet.The medal was made of silver(but not always marked as such) and consisted of a voided centre with the letter R for Reserve below an ... read more
Silver two piece Nurses belt Buckle, Sir Joshua Reynolds " Angels Heads"
Another nice smaller two piece silver nurses buckle with the design being based upon the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds of five "angel's heads".See
;https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/reynolds-a-childs-portrait-in-different-views-angels-heads-n00182
Each central motif is edged by a variety of swirls and scrolls.Condition is good with minimal wear and no obvious damage o... read more
City General Hospital Stoke on Trent, silver nurses badge
A nice little silver and enamel nurses badge from the City General Hospital Some On Trent.The central motif bears the arms of the city with the title on a blue enamel band around the edge.Two small areas of enamel loss at one o'clock and ten o'clock but otherwise very good, pin and clasp intact.Silver hallmarks for TF (Thomas Fattorini) Birmingham 1945.Height 25mm read more
Beverley District School of Nursing,silver gilt badge
Nice silver gilt and enamel badge, in unissued condition for the Beverley District School of Nursing,The rose shaped badge has a central shield with a Beaver above blue and white wavy lines, taken from the arms of Beverley.The title appears on a blue enamel band around this.Excellent unissued condition.Pin ,clasp and safety roller catch all good, read more
Royal College of Nursing,75th Anniversary Badge
A scarce white metal and enamel badge issued in 1991 to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Founding of the (then)College of Nursing in 1916.The design is based upon the second pattern of members badge with the crown ,and the dates 1916 and 1991 above and below the cypher for RCN.Very good condition with pin clasp and safety roller catch all good.Makers mark for Fattorini Height 34mm read more
Florence Nightingale,Crimea Commemorative Medallion
An original base metal medallion ,circa 1856, by John Pinches London.This was produced to celebrate the service of Florence Nightingale during the Crimean war and was one of many similar commemorative wares. The medal bears an image of the young Florence Nightingale reading to one side.To the other side is an image of the Nightingale jewel which was given to her as a gift from Prince Albert and... read more