Royal Salop Infirmary,School of Nursing,State Enrolled Nurse,silver badge
A Silver and enamel State Enrolled nurses badge from the Royal Salop Infirmary.In good overall condition but with slight enamel loss to the edge below Nursing.Engraved to the rear R M Edwards SEN 1970-1972.Hallmarked for WJD 1969.height 30mm read more
Ashton & District Infirmary X Ray Department Badge
A Brass and enamel button hole fixing badge for the X ray department of Ashton & District Infirmary.In very good overall condition with no enamel damage .Unmarked to rear.height 26mm read more
Cleveland Area Health Authority School of Nursing,Enrolled Nurses silver badge
A silver gilt and enamel badge from the Cleveland Area Health Authority School of Nursing,South Tees Health District.I believe this was based around the Middlesborough & North Ormesby Hospitals.The badge is in excellent condition with hardly any surface damage.Pin,Clasp and safety roller catch are all good.
Marked to the rear Thomas Fattorini Regent Street,Birmingham with Hallmarks for ... read more
British Red Cross Society Proficiency Badge,Anti Gas Training with ARP Bar.
A nice Red Cross Proficiency in Anti Gas Training Badge from the second World war period.It also has a Air Raid Precautions Bar 1941.These Proficiency badges were awarded in a variety of subjects following examinations and this was one of the less common variants.
In good condition,enamel good with minor scratches.Suspension pin good with pin and clasp intact.Original ribbon,although sli... read more
Florence Nightingale Medallion,John Pinches circa 1856
A white base metal medallion by John Pinches of London,celebrating Florence Nightingale following the Crimean War.
The obverse of this medal depicts a half-length figure of Florence reading a book, within a beaded oval frame. On either side are sprays of roses, thistles and shamrocks. The reverse carries an oval badge flanked by palm sprays and bearing the words: 'BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFU... read more
Southmead Hospital Bristol,Nurses Badge
A base metal and enamel badge for Nurse training at the Southmead Hospital Bristol. read more
National Temperance Hospital & General Nursing Council pair
A pair of badges to the same nurse J E Wakefield from the 1940s.The first is large pendant badge from the Paddington Group No.21 with the suspension bar marked National Temperance .This Hospital in Hampstead road,founded in 1873,was based upon temperance principles.The hospital joined the NHS in 1948 and became part of the Paddington Group HMC and this badge would have been one of the first awa... read more
British Hospital Montevideo,Enamel badge
A Large screw back Brass and Enamel Badge from the British Hospital ,Montevideo Uruguay.A private hospital originally founded as the Foreign Hospital in 1857,it was renamed as the British Hospital in 1913.This unmarked badge which may possibly be a cap badge,looks to date to the 1940s or 50s.Nicely enamelled in good overall condition.Height 36mm read more
The London Hospital School of Nursing silver Enrolled Nurses badge
A rare and desirable silver Enrolled Nurses badge awarded by the (Royal)London Hospital.Featuring a miniature version of the Hospital Badge within a circular band bearing the title Enrolled Nurse.In excellent unissued condition.It had lost it's catch but this has been professionally replaced to a very high standard.Hallmarked to rear for JRG(J R Gaunt) Birmingham 1985.Height 32mm read more
National Heart and Chest Hospitals,National Heart Hospital Nurses Badge
This is one of a number of badges awarded by the National Heart & Chest Hospitals,this one being for a Joint Board of Clinical Nursing Studies (JBCNS) course in cardiac nursing.
The design is of gold-coloured badge with an outer red enamel band which encircles a shield of St George, in each quadrant are representation of the Atropine flower, at the centre of the St George’s cross is a he... read more