Gwent College of Nursing & Midwifery Newport,silver Midwifery Education Badge

A very nice silver and enamel badge for the Gwent College of Nursing & Midwifery based at Newport Wales in the 1980s.The design features a initial letter G with a rod of Asclepius to its centre ,this being voided.Gwent College of Nursing appears around the edge with a scroll below denoting the speciality of training. This one is for Midwifery Education but variants also exist for Post Basic/Gen...  read more

Code: 53918

Weston Super Mare General Hospital,Silver nurses Badge

A base metal and enamel Nurses Badge from the General Hospital Weston Super Mare.It features the coat of arms of Weston in coloured enamels on a silver background.The hospital title is on a blue enamel band to the edge.Condition good with pin and clasp intact.Engraved to the rear M.H.Hope 18.2.46-18.2.50.Makers mark for TJS Height 26mm  read more

Code: 51564

Royal Worcester Figurine,Nursing Sister University College Hospital

A Royal Worcester Figurine from a series of Four featuring Nursing Sisters of English Hospitals. These were modelled by Ruth Van Ruyckevelt in the late 1950s and early 1960s in a limited edition of 500 of each figure. This example is one of 500 of the Nursing Sister from University College Hospital in London.It stands at approximately 8 and a half inches tall with plinth and portrays a Sister i...  read more

Code: 54604

Royal Worcester Figurine, Nursing Sister St Thomas' Hospital

A Royal Worcester Figurine from a series of Four featuring Nursing Sisters of English Hospitals. These were modelled by Ruth Van Ruyckevelt in the late 1950s and early 1960s in a limited edition of 500 of each figure. This example is 285/500 of the Nursing Sister from the Nightingale School of Nursing of St Thomas' in London.It features a seated Sister in a pink striped chair adorned with the H...  read more

Code: 54602

Leybourne Grange School of Nursing,Silver Learning Disability Nurses badge

A silver and enamel Nurses badge for the Leybourne Grange School of Nursing near Maidstone. A Learning Disabilities Hospital opened in 1936, it finally closed in 1996 and has now been converted to a housing development.
The badge takes the form of a five petalled rose ,similar to the form of the GNC badges, with a rearing horse (the Emblem of Kent) to the centre,. Condition is very good ...  read more

Code: 54601

Tor College of Health Care ,Silver Nurses Badge

A silver and enamel badge from the Tor College of Health Studies in Devon, dating to the 1980s and 90s.
The design features a sun motif with a galleon to the centre on a silver background. The galleon had featured on several earlier School of Nursing badges from the region over the years and reflects the areas Nautical heritage.
In excellent condition with pin, clasp and safety ro...  read more

Code: 54599

Belfast City Hospital,White Metal Nurses Badge

A white metal and enamel badge from the Belfast City Hospital.The design features the Belfast Coat of Arms,In generally good condition but with only minor surface scratches. Pin and clasp in good order .Marked to rear Toye & Co London.Height 38mm  read more

Code: 54600

Nightingale School of Nursing St Thomas's Hospital,Silver Nurses Badge(Helen G Harmer)

Another beautiful silver and enamel nurses badge from the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing of St Thomas' Hospital. This one being slightly different in that it as a more convex shape with the tips being bent backwards as sometimes happened with wear.
For more information on the history of the design see;http://thenightingalefellowship.org.uk/the-nightingale-badge/
The enamel...  read more

Code: 54591

St Paul's Eye Hospital Liverpool,Silver Nurses Badge

St Paul's Eye Hospital Liverpool. Originally founded in 1871,the later hospital was opened in 1912.The badge shows a ship in full sail,partly as a reference to St Paul,his blindness and subsequent healing and his many journeys by sea.The ship also denotes Liverpool's famous maritime heritage. In very good condition, with pin clasp and safety roller catch all good. Unmarked to the rear Silver h...  read more

Code: 54598

Mansfield and Kings Mill General Training School for Nurses, Silver Nurses Badge

A lovely silver and enamel badge for this Nurse Training School from the 1960s.In excellent condition with only minor surface scratches.Pin and catch intact although pin appears to be a later replacement .Engraved to rear E Wilton 31.7.1961 to 14.9.1964. Hallmark for Toye Kenning & Spencer London for 1963 Height 34mm.  read more

Code: 54597