Connaught Hospital,Walthamstow,Nurses badge
A bronze Nurses badge from the Connaught Hospital in Walthamstow.Earlier known as the Leyton,Walthamstow and Wanstead Hospital it was renamed in 1928 after the Duchess of Connaught who had been a patron of the Hospital.The Hospital finally closed in 1977.
The badge consists of the intertwined letters C & H in a voided centre beneath a crown,with the title around the rim.Condition good wi... read more
Paddington Hospital,Silver Nurses Badge
A scarce silver and enamel Nurses badge for Paddington Infirmary,later known as St Mary's Hospital Harrow Road(part of the St Mary's group) The design features the arms of Paddington consisting of two wolves heads and two crossed swords through a mural crown on a blue shield.The hospital title is on a black band to the rim.The reverse is engraved to Ivy I Galloway (Jessie Beatrice Olive Cope-w... read more
Charing Cross Hospital Nurses Medal
Still one of the most distinctive of the London Hospitals Nurses badges is the medal of the Charing Cross Hospital,worn at the throat on its ribbon.This is a very clean example consisting of a Brass eight pointed Maltese cross with balls to the tips,all present and Fleur de Lys at the corners.It is named to the rear Marcia M.Smith June 1965. With original short silk ribbon in good condition .He... read more
Salford Royal Hospital,Silver Nurses Badge
A very nice silver and enamel Nurses badge from the Salford Royal Hospital.It features a central embossed disc bearing the crest of Salford with the motto Integrity and Industry.this overlays a green enamel Maltese Cross.In very good condition with minimal surface rubbing.Pin and clasp are intact but the safety roller catch is missing( It should be possible to have this repaired) Engraved to R.... read more
Notley Hospital Braintree,Nurses Badge
A chrome and enamel nurses badge from Notley Hospital in Braintree Essex.Originally a Sanatorium,the hospital expanded and was designated an emergency hospital during World War 2.It was accepted as a training school for Nurses in 1949 and this badge will date from between 1964 and 1974 when the Hospital dropped Black from it's title in 1964 to aid recruitment.
In good clean condition wit... read more
Eastern & German Hospitals Enrolled Nurse School,Silver gilt Nurses badge
A Scarce Silver gilt and enamel Nurses badge for the popular Hackney Hospitals series .This one is for the German and Eastern Hospital Enrolled Nurses School in East London.
The badge features emblems taken from the previous hospital badges within the group,namely the tower and nurses lamp.
In good condition but with slight enamel loss to the right hand arm of the cross & some m... read more
St Luke's Hospital Bradford,Bronze Enrolled Nurses badge
A bronze and enamel Nurses pendant badge from St Luke's Hospital Bradford.If features what appears to be a religious figure or scribe in a central disc surrounded by Art Nouveau style swirls and motifs,including a lamp of learning,in green enamel.This is suspended from a suspension bar topped by a (Yorkshire?)rose,onto which is engraved St Luke's Hospital Bradford.This has a pin,clasp and safet... read more
Metropolitan Hospital,Dalston London.Nurses badge
Originally founded in 1836,from 1886 the Metropolitan was located on the corner of Kingsland Road and St Peter's Way in Dalston,serving the community of the area.It was later to be linked with the St Leonards Hospital from the 1960s but this design predates that amalgamation(The later design of badge is listed separately on this site)The hospital finally closed in 1977,although the building sti... read more
60.00 GBP
Tooting Bec Hospital,nurses badge
One of two variants of badges for Tooting Bec Hospital prior to it's closure in 1995.Originally one of the Metropolitan Asylum Boards Mental Hospitals.This badge is of a lighter bronze metal and features an enamelled shield and crest. It is in very good condition with pin and clasp intact.Makers mark for Thomas Fattorini Regent Street Birmingham.Engraved for M.S.Burgess RMN March 81
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60.00 GBP
King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes,Nurses Badge
A base metal and enamel badge from the King Edward VII Hospital in Belgravia, London.Founded in 1899, when sisters Agnes and Fanny Keyser opened their home as a hospital for wounded officers from the Boer war.It gained royal patronage in 1901 and today still operates as a private hospital.
This is one of a number of different badges awarded for continuous service at the hospital and feat... read more