Hull District School of Nursing,Nurses badge.
A base metal and enamel Nurses badge from the Hull District School of Nursing.It features a design of a light blue Maltese Cross which has a white Yorkshire rose in the centre.
The words Faith ,Hope,Charity and Healing are on a navy blue band around this and the title Hull District School of Nursing are around the rim.In good condition with pin,clasp and safety roller catch all good.Make... read more
Bath War Hospital,World War 1 Nurses/VAD Badge
A Brass and Enamel badge for the Bath War Hospital.Opened in 1916 on the Combe Park site of the current Royal United Hospitals. The design features the arms of Bath imposed upon a red cross on a white background.The title Bath War Hospital is on a blue band around the edge.Enamel in good condition,Pin and clasp good although the pin is a professional replacement.Unmarked to rear.Height 32mm read more
Great Ormond St. Hospital For Sick Children London,Service medal
A nice pendant medal which I believe was used in connection for fund raising for the Hospital.It features the original hospital buildings in relief on a brass and enamel fob medal.This is suspended from an original silk ribbon with an enamel pin back suspension bar brooch with SERVICE .The rear has a makers mark of Thomas Fattorini Hockley Street Birmingham Ltd.(This dates it to between 1924 an... read more
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