General Nursing Council for England & Wales,State Enrolled Nurses badge
A good clean bronze and enamel State Enrolled Nurses badge from the General Nursing Council for England & Wales.In good condition with pin and clasp all good.Makers mark for Thomas Fattorini Regent street Birmingham,Engraved SEN 67810 Duplicate,
Height 28mm
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Royal British Nurses Association,Silver Vice Consul Badge
A Rare silver pendant Vice Consul badge for the Royal British Nurses Association.In excellent condition.It features a Pattee or Maltese cross with the Royal crown in the centre.In each corner of the cross are the Rose,Shamrock,Leek and Thistle of the four countries of the UK.The suspension bar bears the motto of the RBNA, Steadfast and True.This is hung from a rather distressed (dirty)white sil... read more
State Certified Midwife Badge,Pin back badge
One of two variations of a State Certified Midwife Badge to the same Midwife from the 1920s. This is a pin back version of the large base metal badge which features Juno Lucino,the Goddess of Childbirth.She holds a baby in the palm of her right hand and a staff in her left.The title State Certified Midwife appears to the rim on a blue enamel border.Condition is generally good for its age.Pin an... read more
General Nursing Council for England & Wales,Silver Nurses badge
A silver and enamel badge from the GNC for England & Wales.In good clean condition with minimal surface wear,pin and clasp intact.It is named to A.A.Manser S.R.N. 27360. 18.1.24
(This is Agnes Annie Manser who gained her certificate at Kingston Infirmaries,Kingston-on-Thames from 1902-1905)
Height 27mm.Silver hallmark for 1923.Makers mark for Thomas Fattorini Limited Birmi... read more
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Royal British Nurses Association
Pin back pendant badge for the RBNA featuring the cross with central crown and cornered Rose,Thistle,Shamrock and Leek.The suspension bar bears the motto Steadfast and True. The rear bears the members name Leonora E.Martin and number 4476.This lady is recorded in the RBNA Directory as being registered May 10,1901,Cert Friedenheim Hospital 1898-1900;Norfolk and Norwich Hospital,April 1900-01
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Nunquam Non Paratus, Early Professional Nursing/Midwifery Badge Liverpool Maternity.
A Bronze pendant badge which I believe was an early Privately purchased generic Nursing/Midwifery badge.These appear to have been bought by Nurses across a range of Hospitals which did not issue their own badges.Many were then engraved with the either the initials of the nurse or details of the training hospital,as in this case.They have been identified with date ranges from circa 1905 to the 1... read more
Nurses Social Union,Nurses pendant badge
A rare enamelled pendant badge for the Nurses Social Union.This was one of the many organisations which sprang up in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries to promote Professional Nursing.I was ,I believe, founded in 1912 and was to change it's name a year later to the National Union of Trained Nurses.It was one of the diverse nursing groups which was seen as a rival to the College of Nursing u... read more
Mental Nurse Trio,RMPA,GNC & SMN Badges
An interesting trio of badges to the same Mental Nurse.They consist of a silver Royal Medico Psychological Association Certified Nurse badge.This is engraved to the rear May 1935 E.Crawshaw 34461 and is hallmarked for WD & S, Birmingham 1939.Good condition with pin,catch and safety chain all good.Height 30mm
The second is a General Nursing Council for England & Wales chrome and enamel ba... read more
General Nursing Council for England & Wales,Silver SRN Badge
An early silver and enamel badge from the GNC for England & Wales.In good clean condition with minimal surface wear,pin and clasp intact.A silver safety chain has been added.It is named to M.M.Penney S.R.N. 4678. 16.6.22
(This is Monica Mary Penney who gained her certificate at St.John's Hospital Limerick from 1910-1913)
Height 27mm.Silver hallmark for 1924.Makers mark fo... read more
General Nursing Council for England & Wales.Bronze SEN Nurses badge
A good clean bronze and enamel State Enrolled Nurses badge from the General Nursing Council for England & Wales.In very good condition with pin,clasp and safety roller catch all good.Makers mark for Thomas Fattorini Regent street Birmingham,Engraved SEN 217814. Height 28mm read more