Gwent College of Nursing & Midwifery Newport,silver Mental Health Badge

A very nice silver and enamel badge for the Gwent College of Nursing & Midwifery based at Newport Wales in the 1980s.The design features a initial letter G with a rod of Asclepius to its centre ,this being voided.Gwent College of Nursing appears around the edge with a scroll below denoting the speciality of training. This one is for Mental Health Nursing but variants also exist for Post Basic/M...  read more

Code: 53919

Gwent College of Nursing & Midwifery Newport,silver Midwifery Education Badge

A very nice silver and enamel badge for the Gwent College of Nursing & Midwifery based at Newport Wales in the 1980s.The design features a initial letter G with a rod of Asclepius to its centre ,this being voided.Gwent College of Nursing appears around the edge with a scroll below denoting the speciality of training. This one is for Midwifery Education but variants also exist for Post Basic/Gen...  read more

Code: 53918

Gwent College of Nursing & Midwifery Newport,Silver Post Basic, Nurses badge

A very nice silver and enamel badge for the Gwent College of Nursing & Midwifery based at Newport Wales in the 1980s.The design features a initial letter G with a rod of Asclepius to its centre ,this being voided.Gwent College of Nursing appears around the edge with a scroll below denoting the speciality of training. This one is for Post Basic Nursing but variants also exist for General Nursing...  read more

Code: 53917

Glamorgan County Asylum,Medico-Psychological Association,Silver Prize Medal

An early rare silver prize medal for Proficiency in Mental Nursing,awarded by the Glamorgan County Asylum Committee.The county asylum consisted of Angleton and Parc Gwylit (and later Morgannwg) near Bridgend,these hospitals closed in the 1990s.
The medal would have been awarded to the top finalists for success in the examination of the MPA.The medal consists of a Maltese cross featuring ...  read more

Code: 53916

Clwyd Health Authority, Midwifery silver midwives badge

A scarce silver and enamel badge for Midwifery training at the Clwyd Health Authority.
In good condition with pin,clasp and safety roller catch all good.makers mark for Thomas Fattorini Regent st Birmingham?Silver hallmarks for TK&S Birmingham 1985  read more

Code: 53915

Royal Free Hospital School of Nursing,Silver Nurses Badge

A Nice silver and enamel Nurses badge from the Royal Free HospitalSchool of Nursing, as issued post 1974.Featuring the Lion clutching the shield bearing the letters RFH,it replaced the original design which bore the Coronet.
http://www.leagueofroyalfreenurses.co.uk/badge.htm
Condition very good with no enamel loss although some surface scratches are present.Pin and clasp all intac...  read more

Code: 53903

Two Piece Silver Nurses Belt Buckle,Dragonflies,London 1985

A silver hallmarked Nurses buckle ,in an Art Nouveau style, featuring a pair of Dragonflies amongst flowers and leaves.
The buckle is 103mm wide 66mm high and weighs 62 gms
Hallmarked for London 1985.Condition is good with belt loops and clasp all appearing to be good.There have been a number of professional repairs to visible breaks in the silver fret work.  read more

Code: 53908

Holloway Sanatorium,Cased Mental Nurses silver medal

A nice Mental Nurses badge from the Holloway Sanatorium.This was located at St Anne's Heath,Virginia Waters,Surrey and opened in 1885 as a private mental hospital for the middle classes.Unlike the usual asylums it was ornately designed and sumptuously decorated.It finally closed in 1980 and the building now houses a luxury gated development.
The medal is one of two similar designs and th...  read more

Code: 53914

Merthyr & Aberdare Group School of Nursing,Nurses Silver Pendant Badge

A rare silver and enamel pendant badge from the Merthyr & Aberdare Group School of Nursing, with the suspension bar bearing Merthyr.The shield shaped badge has a central eight pointed star with the monogram AM to its centre.To the top corners are two Leeks.A ribbon with Wales is at the base.The condition is excellent, however the safety catch to the pin is missing its roller.Silver hallmarks fo...  read more

Code: 53913

Sully Chest Hospital Glamorgan ,Nurses Badge

A rare chrome metal and enamel nurses badge for the Sully Chest Hospital. Opened in 1936 as a Sanatorium for Tuberculosis,it served briefly as a psychiatric Hospital in the 1990s until it finally closed in 2001.
The design is based upon the superb Art Deco buildings which have now been converted to luxury apartments.
In excellent condition with pin and clasp good.Unmarked to rear....  read more

Code: 53912