Metropolitan Asylums Board Staff Badge
A rare buttonhole back badge for the Metropolitan Asylums Board.The MAB operated between 1867 and 1930 and in many respects was the precursor to the NHS operating Hospitals for the "sick poor",Isolation and TB Hospitals ,Mental Hospitals as well as Ambulance Services in the capital.Many of their hospitals were taken on by the London County Council in April of 1930.
The badge itself featu... read more
St Andrew's Hospital Dollis Hill London, Nurses Badge
An uncommon Nurses badge for the St Andrew's Hospital in Dollis Hill,NW 2.The hospital closed in 1972 so this probably dates from the 1960s.A polished chrome badge featuring the saltire with emblems in each quadrant.The date 1913 refers to the foundation of the hospital.In a good condition with pin and clasp intact,some surface scratches and one or two nicks to the edges.Makers mark for Thomas ... read more
40.00 GBP
Derby School of Nursing, nurses badge
A Base metal and enamel badge from the Derby School of Nursing.In Good overall condition but with enamel damage to several areas around the edge .Pin clasp and safety roller catch all in good order.Makers mark to the rear Thomas Fattorini Regent Street Birmingham Height 32mm read more
Alfreda Blakesley ARRC ,Framed Nursing badges and certificate set
A framed set of badges,certicates and photographs of one nurses career. They relate to Alfreda Blakesey born in Nottinghamshire on 24/01/1887.One of six siblings, five girls and a boy, she had originally trained to become a teacher but on January 1st 1913 began her nurse training at the Edmonton Infirmary,completing on 1st January 1916 having gained the gold medal for Conscienscious Merit in th... read more
Midwifery Silver Stork Umbilical Chord Clamps,JMB(John Millward Banks) London 1891
A rare antique silver metal stork which were intended as umbilical cord clamps.These stand on a foot in the shape of a small turtle.They have a scissor type mechanism, hinged at the eye.The storks bill forms the clamp.A snake symbol of health & Healing, is wound around the the birds neck and beak .A baby can be seen swaddled in the storks stomach.Fully Hallmarked for JMB(John Millward Banks)Lo... read more
350.00 GBP
Nurses15 Second Pulse Timer
A nurses pulse timer dating to around the First World War period
It consists of the glass egg timer calibrated for 15 seconds within a base metal protective cover.This has a small attachment to the lid allowing it to fixed to a chain and worn from the belt.
Prior to the availability of cheap watches this would have been part of the Nurses basic equipment for recording observations... read more
Belfast City Hospital,Silver Nurses Buckle
A rare two piece Silver hallmarked buckle for the Belfast City Hospital.The central design features a crest, possibly of the Hospital above a scroll with the latin phrase"In Dolore Solacium"-A comforter in Pain.To the top is another scroll with Belfast City Hospital.From this central disc a series of rays emanate outwards.Condition is good with clasp and belt loops intact.Silver hallmarks to th... read more
British Association of Critical care Nurses,Members badge
An enamelled base metal badge for the BACCN.It features their logo of a map of the UK with a Cardiac Rhythm trace imposed on top.The title British Association of Critical Care Nurses appears on a navy band to the edge.Condition good,pin and clasp good.Unmarked to rear.Height 32mm read more
South Glamorgan Health Authority,School of Nursing,Nurses Badge
A sought after nurses badge for the South Glamorgan Health Authority School of Nursing from the late 1970s onward.The composite badge features a shield on which are three symbols, in this case a Lamp of Learning, the arms of Cardiff and a Welsh dragon which is holding a Rod of Asclepius. The condition is good with pin clasp and safety roller catch all good.Unmarked to the rear read more
Registered Medical Auxiliary,Operating Theatre Technician
A base metal and enamel badge for what I believe was the Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine.This one is for the Registered Medical Auxiliary ,Operating Theatre Technician. Good condition with pin and clasp good.Numbered 5389 to rear.Height 33mm read more read more