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
Coppetts Wood Hospital,Nurses Badge
Opened in 1888 in Muswell Hill,as an Isolation Hospital,it continued to expand until it became part of the Royal Free Hospital Group in the late 1960s
Most of the Hospital closed in 2000, when services were transferred to the Royal Free Hospital. All that remained on the site was the 2-bedded High Security Infectious Diseases Unit, which had gained an international reputation in the tre... read more
St Thomas' Hospital,18ct Gold Long Service Badge
A beautiful Gold and enamel badge featuring the crest of St Thomas' Hospital London.I understand that this was awarded to staff for over 25 years service within the Hospital.The design is the crest of the hospital.
The Nightingale bird on the right is in memory of the great nurse.
The Becket bird on the left and in the second quarter of the shield represents St. Thomas a Becket f... read more