Star and Garter Home Richmond, cased VAD nurses medal

This opened in 1916 by the British Red Cross Society as a home for disabled ex servicemen at the Star and Garter Hotel in Richmond.This lovely medal takes the form of a bronze angel with outspread wings supporting a wounded figure.An enamelled red cross can be seen to the top. Condition is good.The rear is engraved for Miss Enid Callard December 1931.The BRCS records show her as service as a VA...  read more

Code: 52394

Leather Nurses Chatelaine set with equipment

Another rare piece of, what was once, a basic piece of Nursing equipment, mainly a Nurses chatelaine set of equipment in a leather case.They were widespread from the Mid Victorian era up until just after the First World War.Worn suspended from a nurses belt these would contain the nurses tools of her trade of the time. The contents could vary slightly but this is a fairly typical example.
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Code: 52392

The Nightingale Training School For Nurses,St Thomas' Hospital,Prospectus Booklet.

A Nursing prospectus booklet for the famous Nightingale School of Nursing at St Thomas' hospital, dating from the 1950s.
For many years potential candidates for Nurse training would receive such a booklet from each School of Nursing they might consider when looking to train.These surviving booklets give an insight into the facilities and training on offer.
This booklet measuring 2...  read more

Code: 52391

Guy's Hospital School Of Nursing,Prospectus Booklet

A Nursing prospectus booklet for the famous Guy's Hospital London, dating from the late 1940s/early 50s.
For many years potential candidates for Nurse training would receive such a booklet from each School of Nursing they might consider when looking to train.These surviving booklets give an insight into the facilities and training on offer.
This booklet measuring 22 cm by 14 cm ha...  read more

Code: 52390

Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps,Recruitment Prospectus Booklet

A recruitment booklet for the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps from 1958.The 24 page booklet is overstamped for the WRAC Recruiting Office Pownall Square Pall Mall Liverpool.The condition has various scuffs and creases and stapled to the inside cover is a Guide to Pay in the Women's Service of The Army 1958.An interesting and evocative booklet on the Army Nursing Services.
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Code: 52389

Blackburn And East Lancashire Royal Infirmary,Nursing Prospectus Booklet

A rare Nursing prospectus booklet for the Blackburn and East Lancashire Royal Infirmary,I believe from the 1940s or 50s.
For many years potential candidates for Nurse training would receive such a booklet from each School of Nursing they might consider when looking to train.These surviving booklets give an insight into the facilities and training on offer.
This booklet measuring ...  read more

Code: 52388

Charing Cross Hospital At Fulham School of Nursing,Prospectus Booklet

A scarce prospectus booklet for the School of Nursing of the Charing Cross Hospital from the 1970s.
For many years potential candidates for Nurse training would receive such a booklet from each School of Nursing they might consider when looking to train.These surviving booklets give an insight into the facilities and training on offer.
This booklet measuring 21cm by 19cm has 16 p...  read more

Code: 52387

Derby School of Nursing,Nurses badge

A Base metal and enamel badge from the Derby School of Nursing.In Good overall condition but with enamel damage to several areas around the edge .Pin and safety roller catch all in good order.Makers mark to the rear Thomas Fattorini Regent Street Birmingham Height 32mm
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Code: 52385

Townleys Hospital Bolton,Silver Nurses Badge.

A nurses silver and enamel pendant badge from Townleys Hospital Bolton.This was originally the Workhouse Infirmary before the abolition of the Poor Law Guardians in 1930.It was renamed Townleys Hospital until it was renamed as Townleys Annexe in 1948.This octagonal badge features the coat of arms of the city surrounded by the Rose motifs of Lancashire.It hangs from a plain silver pin back bar b...  read more

Code: 52384

Royal Hospital & Home For Incurables,Putney,Nurses Badge

A brass badge from the Royal Hospital & Home For Incurables Putney. Originally Voluntary Hospitals would refuse to accept patients with chronic conditions so the Hospital was established in 1855 to address this need .This badge post dates 1917 when the Hospital gained it's Royal charter and acquired this title.It features a Queens crown to the centre.A garter belt around the edge bears the phra...  read more

Code: 52383