Thornton View Hospital Bradford, SEN Group

A group of four badges,I believe, to the same nurse.The first is a chrome and enamel badge for the Thornton View Hospital Bradford.The oval shaped badge features a shield bearing the arms of Bradford county Borough,this being topped by a lamp of learning.This is within a wreath of laurel leaves and a pale blue band bearing the Hospital title.There are two areas of enamel loss to this edge. Pin,...  read more

Code: 52742

Bisque Military Nurse Figurine,Boer War Period,"Devotion"

A scarce 9 inch high figurine of a Boer War Military Nurse.She is attired in a representation of uniform of the period,namely a Floor length Khaki dress with white apron and cuffs,frilled cap with tails and red cross armband.She wears a nurses chatelaine at her belt,containing the nursing implements.The piece is coloured to the front only as it was designed to stand on a mantlepiece against a w...  read more

Code: 52748

Grafenthal Porcelaine Figurine of a Nurse

A nice Porcelaine figurine of a nurse from the 1970s from the East German factory of Grafenthal.Finely modelled it features a nurse in pale blue uniform with white apron and cap, she sports a badge at her neck.She is in the process of writing on a chart.It is marked on the base with the Grafenthal crown above GDR.Very good condition with no chips, cracks or flaws. Approximately 22cms/ 9 inches ...  read more

Code: 52746

Swindon and North Wilts Victoria Hospital,Nurses Prize 9ct Gold Medal

A rare 9 carat gold prize medal for the Swindon & North Wilts Victoria Hospital.The medal features the goddess Hygeia holding a Rod of Asclepius in one hand and holding aloft a lamp of learning in the other.In the background the Industries of Swindon are surrounded by the rays of the sun! The hospital title appears on a band around the edge.
The medal appears to have originally been a b...  read more

Code: 52743

Royal College of Nursing And National Council of Nurses of the United Kingdom,President Brighton and Hove District

An extremely rare neck badge and ribbon in silver gilt and enamel for the Royal College of Nursing and National Council of Nurses of the United Kingdom.The medal, which is suspended from an original blue silk neck ribbon, features a large silver gilt pattern of dress badge that was in use between 1963 and 1975 when the RCN amalgamated with the National Council of Nurses. The badge stands proud ...  read more

Code: 52745

Horton Hospital School of Nursing,Silver RMN Badge

A silver and enamel Mental Nurses Badge for the Horton Hospital Epsom.One of the five psychiatric hospitals in the Epsom cluster, situated to the west of the town, it finally closed in 1997.The circular badge has a central motif of the lamp of learning on a circlet of rays.The hospital title appears on a blue band and this is surrounded by a wreath of laurel leaves.Condition is excellent.The re...  read more

Code: 52741

St Francis Hospital Haywards Heath,Silver Mental Nurses Badge

A rare silver and enamel Mental Nurses Badge for St Francis Hospital Haywards Heath Sussex.Originally the Brighton County Borough Asylum it became St Francis upon joining the NHS in 1948.The octagonal design features a cross design with a central depiction of St Francis of Assisi with a bird and deer, to one side are two fishes, to the other the 6 martlet birds from the arms of Sussex. I believ...  read more

Code: 52740

Linton Hospital School of Nursing,Silver Enrolled Nurses badge

A silver and enamel enrolled nurses badge for the Linton Hospital School of Nursing,Maidstone.The buildings had originally been the Workhouse and then the Coxheath Hospital before becoming Linton Hospital.I believe it finally closed in the 1990s.
The badge features the rearing horse emblem of Kent on a green background above CKHMC(Canterbury & Kent Hospital Management Committee) ...  read more

Code: 52739

Purdysburn Hospital Nursing badge trio

A trio of badges to the same nurse in Northern Ireland.The first is a silver plated base metal badge for Purdysburn Hospital.  read more

Code: 52735

Ayrshire Central Hospital,Maternity Suite, Midwives Badge

A base metal Midwives badge from the Ayrshire Central Hospital Maternity Suite.This pattern of badge which features a mother and baby was first presented in May 1969 but this is the later pattern with the wording changed from Maternity Section to Maternity Suite. Unmarked to rear.The clasp has been replaced and it can be worn( however care should be taken if doing so) Height 34mm  read more

Code: 52736