Lewisham Hospital Silver Nurses League badge
A good clean silver and enamel nurses badge from the Lewisham Hospital Nurses League.It features a nurses lamp with the title Possumus -We Can, on a scroll below it.In good condition with pin and clasp intact.Hallmarked for Toye & Co Ltd London with year letter for 1933.Height 33mm read more
Royal British Nurses' Association Silver Badge 1897
A very nice silver pendant badge for the Royal British Nurses Association.In excellent condition.It features a Pattee or Maltese cross with the Royal crown in the centre.In each corner of the cross are the Rose,Shamrock,Leek and Thistle of the four countries of the UK.The suspension bar bears the motto of the RBNA, Steadfast and True. Founded in 1887 as the first professional organisation for N... read more
St Benedict's Hospital Nurses badge
Located at Church Lane Tooting,this long stay hospital was renamed St Benedicts from 1931 until it's closure in 1981.Part of the Wandsworth Hospital Group until its amalgamation in 1964,I believe that this badge probably predates that to the 1950s.
It features a white unicorn standing over a subdued dragon.The top edge bears the initials WHG for Wandsworth Hospital group with the hospita... read more
Kendray Isolation Hospital Barnsley,Nurses badge
A bronze and enamel pendant nurses badge from the Kendray Isolation Hospital Barnsley.It takes the form of a maltese cross with a central shield bearing the Barnsley coat of arms,this being suspended from an ornate spreader bar. The condition of the medal is very good however the suspension bar has lost its pin and someone has added a very makeshift safety pin repair. height 50mm read more
Charing Cross Hospital Nurses Medal
Ever popular and sought after is the nurses medal of the Charing Cross Hospital,worn at the throat on its ribbon.This is a good example consisting of a Brass eight pointed Maltese cross with Fleur de Lys at the corners,but without balls to the tips.It is unnamed.With original ribbon in good but dirty condition.Suspension bar and pin in good order.Medal Height 43mm Total Height with ribbon 103mm... read more
Stroud & Tetbury Hospitals Silver Nurses Badge
A Silver and enamel Nurses badge from the Stroud & Tetbury Hospitals.I believe this was for Enrolled Nurses Training from a similar set in my collection.In very good condition with enamel intact and minimal surface scratches.Pin and clasp intact.Makers mark for Thomas Fattorini Limited Birmingham.Silver hallmarks for Birmingham 1953.Height 30mm read more
Royal National Throat Nose & Ear Hospital,Nurses Badge
Formed from an amalgamation between the Central London Throat & Ear Hospital and the Hospital for Diseases of the Throat in 1939.This badge was presented on completion of the ENT Course undertaken by Enrolled trained nurses at the hospital.The badge depicts St Blaize attending a small boy pointing to his own throat.St Blaize was a 4th century bishop from Armenia who saved the life of a boy who ... read more
Moorfield Eye Hospital Silver Nursing Sisters Badge
A Rare Nursing silver medal from Moorfields Eye Hospital London.These were awarded after 10 years service at the hospital rather than the standard bronze versions.This is engraved on the suspension bar P M Gibbs 1978-88 and is hallmarked for Thomas Fattorini Birmingham 1987.In good clean condition with original suspension ribbon.This version is seldom seen on the market today.Height 102mm read more
Nightingale School of Nursing,St Thomas' Hospital,Cased badge
A beautiful and ever desirable silver and enamel nurses badge from the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing of St Thomas' Hospital.Demand for these remains high and I'm afraid the price reflects its original purchase cost.
For more information on the history of the design see;http://thenightingalefellowship.org.uk/the-nightingale-badge/
This badge is in very good conditi... read more
Royal College of Nursing 1939-46 & Commemorative Badges
An original members badge for the Royal College of Nursing,of the pattern issued during the wartime years 1939-46.In white metal with the intertwined letters RCN topped by the King's Crown.It retains it's pin and clasp and is marked for the maker J R Gaunt London.It bears the membership number 43653.
Next year sees the college celebrate it's centenary and it has issued a commemorative me... read more