State Certified Midwife Badge, grey metal suspension type
A suspension badge for the Central Midwives Board State Certified Midwife as issued up to it's demise in 1983.In good clean condition but with some wear to plated finish.Makers mark for Thomas Fattorini Regent Street Birmingham.Height 36mm read more
Royal British Nurses Association,Bronze members badge
A bronze members badge from the Royal British Nurses Association It feature the cross with central crown and cornered Rose,Thistle,Shamrock and Leek.The suspension bar bears the motto Steadfast and True. The rear on the bronze bears the members name Hazel H Howlett and number 7111.This lady is recorded in the RBNA Directory as being registered in March 1927. She is shown as having worked at the... read more
College of Nursing,silver Members badge
Another College of Nursing members badge, this one being attributable to a specific nurse.Featuring the letters C and N in silver on a blue enamel background with the title The College of Nursing Founded MCMXVI (1916)around the rim.The Rose,Thistle,Leek and Shamrock emblems feature at each quarter.
To the rear it features the registration number of the design and the membership number 45... read more
Royal College of Nursing,75th Anniversary Badge
A scarce white metal and enamel badge issued in 1991 to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Founding of the (then)College of Nursing in 1916.The design is based upon the second pattern of members badge with the crown ,and the dates 1916 and 1991 above and below the cypher for RCN.Very good condition with pin clasp and safety roller catch all good.Makers mark for Fattorini Height 34mm read more
Royal College of Nursing Activist Badges
Three different badges issued by the Royal College of Nursing to their activists for their roles. The RCN finally became a Union during the early 70s and first set up a series of workplace representatives known as Stewards.The first badge is based up the sunburst members badge with the addition of a bar bearing Steward.The introduction of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 also legislated for... read more
Royal British Nurses Association, bronze and silver members badges
A pair of badges from the Royal British Nurses Association to the same nurse, in bronze and silver versions.They feature the cross with central crown and cornered Rose,Thistle,Shamrock and Leek.The suspension bar bears the motto Steadfast and True. The rear on the bronze bears the members name Katherine M Hull and number 5879.This lady is recorded in the RBNA Directory as being registered June ... read more
United Kingdom Nurses Registration Badge and miniature
These are examples of a privately purchased Nurses badge which is often mistakenly cited as being issued by the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing and Midwifery(UKCC) after 1983.When this body replaced the GNC for England & Wales it controversially decided not to issue a registration badge, despite much protest.A number of companies decided to fulfil this desire for a badge and came up ... read more
Royal British Nurses Association/GNC silver Nurses badge pair
A pair of silver badges awarded to the same nurse.The first is a silver members badge from the Royal British Nurses Association.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.Founded in 1887 as the first p... read more
Royal British Nurses Association/GNC silver Nurses badge pair
A pair of silver badges awarded to the same nurse.The first is a silver members badge from the Royal British Nurses Association.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.Founded in 1887 as the first p... read more
Guild of Nurses 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