St James Hospital Portsmouth,mental Nurses badge

A nice Chrome and enamel badge for the St James Hospital Portsmouth dating to around the 1960s.Originally the Borough of Portsmouth Lunatic Asylum,later Milton Asylum and from around the 1930s,St James Hospital.This badge features the Nurses Lamp of Learning over the wavy lines of the Solent,and below the Star & Crescent emblem of Portsmouth. In very good condition,pin and clasp good.Makers mar...  read more

Code: 51838

Warrington Hospitals Training School For Nurses,silver badge

A silver and enamel badge for the Warrington Hospitals Training School for Nurses.The central motif features the arms of the County Borough of Warrington.Condition is good ,pin clasp and safety roller catch all being good.Engraved for Joyce Elizabeth Barnett, who is shown in the GNC register as being registered on 29.11.56.The badge is hallmarked for TJS(Thomas James Skelton) Chester 1954,Heigh...  read more

Code: 53395

Southend on Sea/SEN ,pair of Nurses badges

A pair of badges awarded to the same nurse for her Enrolled Nurses Training.
The first is a bronze and enamel General Nursing Council For England & Wales badge.This is named for E A Eling SEN 108718 19.6.67.Condition is good with pin and clasp intact and safety chain in situ.
This is accompanied by a silver and enamel badge for the Southend on Sea School of Nursing. It features th...  read more

Code: 53636

Manchester Royal Eye Hospital,Nurses Badge

A Bronze pendant badge from the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital.
The Nurse Training School began in 1898 and although this badge is dated to the 1930s, I believe it may have been issued retrospectively as the first badges were apparently given out in the early 1940s.The lozenge shaped medal bears a crown with the hospital title around the edge.This hangs from a pin back bar brooch.Pin and ...  read more

Code: 51749

City of Salford Hope Hospital Nurses Badge

A bronze Pendant Nurses badge from the City of Salford Hope Hospital.This replaces the pre 1930 version which reflected the previous Workhouse Infirmary Role.It features a fouled anchor design in an oval badge with the title around the edge,this is suspended from a plain bronze pin back bar brooch.Condition good,pin and clasp intact.Marked to rear Awarded to Ada Latham with a Certificate After ...  read more

Code: 51430

Hope Hospital,Salford Union Nurses Badge

A bronze Pendant Nurses badge from the Hope Hospital,Salford Union.It features a fouled anchor design in an oval badge with the title around the edge,this is suspended from a plain bronze pin back bar brooch.Condition good but the bar appears to have repaired at some time.Pin and clasp intact.Marked to rear Awarded to Emily Kempton with a Certificate After 3 Years Training January 1923.Heigh...  read more

Code: 51442

British Hospital for Mothers & Babies,Woolwich,Silver Midwives badge

A scarce Midwives badge for the Home for Mothers and Babies situated in Samuel Street Woolwich.Founded in 1905,the badge was designed by the Matron and Honorary Secretary,Mrs Parnell & Miss Gregory.This small badge,to be worn suspended on a ribbon or mounted on a suspension bar, is in the shape of an acorn(signifying strength and new life) with the motto Esto Sol Testis-Be a Sign of The Sun.read more

Code: 53634

Southmead Group Bristol,State Enrolled Assistant Nurse badge pair

A pair of badges to the same nurse for her State Enrolled Assistant Nurse Training at Southmead hospital Bristol in the1950s.The first is a bronze General Nursing Council for England & Wales badge.It is engraved for E A Swiderski SEAN 65456 31.3.59.Some wear to enamel but otherwise good.
The next item is a base metal silver plated hospital badge for the Southmead Group.Some wear to plate...  read more

Code: 53423

Dreadnought School of Nursing Tilbury Hospital

A rare early badge for the Dreadnaught School of Nursing,part of the Seamen's Hospital Society.Originally the SHS operated from the moored hulks of old Naval ships prior to moving to the Royal Hospital Greenwich in 1870.In 1877 the SHS set up a School of Nursing founded upon Nightingale lines and this badge dates to the 1930s. It bears the image of the original hospital ship and the motto Fidel...  read more

Code: 50368

Broadgreen Hospital Liverpool,Enrolled nurses badge

A silver plated and enamel Nurses badge from the Broadgreen Hospital in Liverpool.The oval design features the entrance gates to the original hospital in relief with a green enamel border bearing the Hospital Title.Good general condition with some minor pitting ,pin and clasp good.Engraved to rear M C McGrath June 1974. Height 30mm  read more

Code: 53620