Mile End Hospital,Nurses Badge
A chrome and enamel pendant badge from the Mile End Hospital in Stepney.The oval pendant medal features the Figure of Hygeia beneath a red enamel Maltese Cross.The enamelled border carries the title Mile End Hospital.The chrome,pin back suspension bar,carries the initials MEH.Pin and clasp intact.No Makers marks. Scratched to rear PA Smith Height 57mm read more
Beverley Westwood Hospital, Silver Nurses Badge
A silver and enamel nurses badge for the Beverley Westwood Hospital.The central design features a shield with the crest of Beverley, featuring the Beaver above blue and white wavy lines denoting the nearby water.The title Beverley Westwood Hospital appears on a pale blue band around the edge.Excellent condition with pin and clasp intact.Marked Silver.Height 30mm read more
Leicester General Hospital/GNC,pair of nurses badges
A pair of badges awarded to the same nurse for her training at Leicester General Hospital in the 1960s.The first is for the General Nursing Council for England & Wales and is in chrome metal and enamel.It good condition with pin and clasp intact, it is engraved for BA Russel SRN 288437 2.8.60.
The second item is an oval convex shaped base metal badge for Leicester General Hospital. The ... read more
The Guild of Nurses,Nurses Union Badge
The Guild of Nurses was set up in 1937 as part of the National Union of County Officers(NUCO).In direct competition to the more "establishment" Royal College of Nursing it fought to improve working pay and conditions for Nurses,particularly those employed by the LCC.In 1938 a group of members,wearing masks to protect them from the Victimisation of their employers,marched through London,gaining ... read more
Newbury Combined Hospitals Training School
A base metal and enamel Nurses badge from the Newbury Combined Hospitals Training School. read more
55.00 GBP
Queen's Hospital (Birmingham) Silver Nurse's League badge
A silver and enamel Nurses League badge for the Queen's Hospital,Bath Row,Birmingham.Founded in 1840 it was later to become the Birmingham Accident Hospital after the opening of the new Queen Elizabeth Hospital in the 1930s. In good condition with minimal surface rubbing and two minor enamel nibbles.Pin and clasp good.Silver hallmarks for Vaughton & Son Birmingham,1937.Height 34mm read more
South Liverpool Group Training School,Enrolled nurses badge
A rare nurses badge from the South Liverpool Group Training School from the 1960s.The shield shape badge bears the red rose of Lancashire and a sailing vessel to two quarters with the school title and latin motto Ad Finem Fidelis-Faithful to the End to the other quarters,Condition is very good.Named to Nancy J Gardner SEN September 1967.Height 32mm read more
Cleaver Sanatorium Heswell,nurses badge
Another variant of the Nurses badge for what was the Cleaver sanatorium for tuberculosis at Heswell in the Wirral.Named the Cleaver Hospital after the Clerk to the West Derby Board of Guardians, who was a driving force behind the Sanatorium.The badge features a Red Cross of Lorraine, the symbol of the anti Tuberculosis organisations, skewering the Wyvern with a six pointed star.Very good condit... read more
50.00 GBP
Cleaver Hospital,Heswell Cheshire
A scarce badge for the tuberculosis hospital at Heswell in the Wirral.Named the Cleaver Hospital after the Clerk to the West Derby Board of Guardians, who was a driving force behind the Sanatorium.The badge features a Red Cross of Lorraine, the symbol of the anti Tuberculosis organisations, skewering the Wyvern??
Condition is good, pin and clasp intact but loose.Makers mark for Thomas Fa... read more
50.00 GBP
Fazakerley Hospital School Of Midwifery,Silver Midwives badge
A silver and enamel Midwives badge for Fazakerley Hospital Liverpool.The badges were first issued in 1964 and feature a baby sitting on the book of life(taken from a French book).An Olive branch symbolising Peace was added by Fattorini. Excellent condition with pin and clasp intact.Engraved for C Kennedy March 1972.Hallmarked for Vaughton and Son Birmingham 1971.Height 29mm read more