WW1 medal trio/Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh Meritorious Attendance of the Insane

A nice group of First World War Medals and RCP Edinburgh medal to a male Mental Asylum Attendant.
with accompanying reference from John Keay, CBE. MD. FRCP. Medical Superintendent Bangor Mental Hospital West Lothian.
The WW1 medals are the 1914-15 star,War and Victory medals. These are all named to 5027 Pte R Campbell Army Cyclist Corps.The accompanying wallet which contains a le...  read more

Code: 53983

Jamaica Mental Hospital cap badge

An extremely rare Large cap badge for the Jamaica Mental Hospital.
The Jamaica Lunatic Asylum has it's origins in the 1840s before moving to it's current site in 1861.It changed it's name to the Jamaica Mental Hospital in 1938 before becoming the Bellevue Hospital in 1946/47,so this badge dates to that period.
It takes the form of the Rod of Asclepius within a wreath of Laurel lea...  read more

Code: 50518

Ipswich & East Suffolk Hospital Training School For Nurses ,silver nurses badge

A silver and enamel badge from the Ipswich & East Suffolk Hospital Training School for Nurses.It features a design of a pair of hands reaching towards the symbolic Lamp of Learning.In good condition with minor surface scratches. Pin,clasp and safety roller catch all in good working order.Engraved for J M Ottywill 1959-1962 Makers mark for Thomas Fattorini Limited,Birmingham Hallmarked for 196...  read more

Code: 53984

Victoria Hospital Blackpool,State Registered Nurses badge

A base metal and enamel nurses badge for the Victoria Hospital Blackpool.In an oval shape bearing the figure of the goddess Hygeia over the crest of Blackpool,which features black and golden waves and a seagull relating to it's seaside location.
This is the SRN version with blue enamel to the edges.Good condition with the enamel intact and plated finish good.Pin and clasp intact. Makers ...  read more

Code: 53982

The Doris Cooper Memorial Medal,St Georges Hospital ,silver gilt nurses award

A cased nurses prize medal ,the Doris Cooper Memorial Medal, for St Georges Hospital.
The medal features a female figure with a shield holding aloft a laurel wreath.It is suspended from a green silk ribbon with yellow borders and has a bar brooch suspension with St Georges Hospital on it.The rear is engraved for Lucinda Mary Agerholm 1970.Length 85mm. In its original fitted presentation ...  read more

Code: 53980

Cardiff Royal Infirmary,Bronze Nurses Prize Medal

A very rare prize medal awarded by the Cardiff Royal Infirmary for Nurse training.These were ,I believe, awarded to the nurse gaining the highest marks in their exams and were issued in a gold, silver and bronze category. They feature the design of the nurses badge in each of those metals suspended from a silk ribbon.
This one is unnamed but in good condition. In its original silk and ve...  read more

Code: 53978

Royal Isle of Wight County Hospital Silver Nurses Badge

A rare silver badge from the 1920s for the Royal Isle of Wight County Hospital at Ryde. Unusually the face is engraved to the recipient M Russell Nov 1 1921 to Nov 1 1924,Rear is engraved with a laurel wreathe and hallmarked for 1920 with manufacturers mark for Vaughton & Son. Pin and clasp intact but several surface scratches and dings as for age.A nice heavy rare item 18gm Height 32mm  read more

Code: 50101

Royal Eastern Counties Hospital Colchester Silver Nurses Badge

A silver and enamel badge for the Royal Eastern Counties Hospital in Colchester.A major hospital for the care of patients with learning disabilities,this badge dates to 1969.In good condition with enamel,pin and clasp intact.It bears the hallmarks for Thomas Fattorini and year letter for 1969.Unnamed .Height 33mm  read more

Code: 50353

Sheffield North Trent College of Nursing & Midwifery group of badges

A group of 4 badges awarded to the same nurse for her Enrolled Nurse training at Sheffield North Trent College of Nursing & Midwifery.
These consist of a General Nursing Councillor England and Wales Enrolled Nurse badge, numbered SEN 190410. A badge for the Sheffield North Trent College of Nursing & Midwifery and two members badges for the Royal College of Nursing.  read more

Code: 53975

The National Guild of Nurses,Members Badge

A large enamelled badge for another of the many nursing organisations which poloiferated over the years.Unfortunately I have been unable to find out very much at all about this but don't believe it is related to the current International Guild of Nurses.It appears to date from the 1980s or 90s and features a book of learning about the torch of Nursing.condition is good.height 38mm  read more

Code: 53973