Bolton Training School for Enrolled Nurses,Silver nurses Badge
A silver and enamel pendant badge from the Bolton Training School For Enrolled Nurses from the 1960s.The oval medal bears a caduceus or winged staff to the centre with the title on a green enamel border.This is suspended from a plain silver pin back bar brooch,on which the pin,clasp and safety roller catch are all good.The rear of the medal is engraved to M M Wallace 9.6.63 and bears hallmarks ... read more
Eastbourne Nurses Training School,Nurses Badge
A chromed and enamel nurses badge from the Eastbourne Nurses Training School.The design features a shield bearing the crest of the town of Eastbourne with the motto "Meliora Sequimur"-We Follow the Better things.Condition good with pin,clasp and safety roller catch all good,if a bit stiff.Makers mark for Fattorini & Sons Ltd,36 Barr St ,BHam (This dates this between 1962 and 1967) Height 36mm read more
Pontypridd And Rhondda Hospital Management Committee,Nurses Badge
A chrome and enamel nurses badge from the Pontypridd & Rhondda HMC in South Wales.The design,in the shape of a five petalled Rose features a Nurse bearing a torch.She is on a bridge over a river(the Taff?)with hills in the background(The Brecon Beacons?).Condition is good if slightly dirty.Pin is a temporary ad hoc replacement.Engraved to the rear N.H.Tasker June 1955.Height 31mm read more
The Warneford Hospital Leamington,Silver Nurses Badge
A silver and enamel Nurses badge from the Warneford Hospital,Leamington.Originally the main Hospital for the town it finally closed in 1993,This badge depicts the arms of Royal Leamington Spa with the Hospital title on blue enamel around the rim.Condition is very good with only very minor enamel damage at the edges.A hole for a safety chain has been drilled to one side.Engraved to the rear Mabe... read more
St Anns General Hospital Tottenham,Registered Nurse Badge
A silvered metal and enamel Registered Nurses badge for St Ann's Hospital Tottenham.I am also separately listing a green enrolled nurse version.
Minimal surface wear to the figure of St Ann and enamel generally good.Pin,clasp and safety roller catch all good.Makers mark for Thomas Fattorini Ltd Regent Street Birmingham.Height 31mm
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Nurses Woollen Lined Cloak,1960s St Mary Abbot's Hospital London
An original woollen Nurses cloak in black with a red inner lining and cross straps.A long missed part of the nurses uniform,they were worn for travelling between Nurses Home and Hospital(and were great for keeping warm on night duty!).
In a nice long length of 40 inches from collar to hem,it appears to be in a good condition for it's age with no obvious signs of moth damage,although ther... read more
North Ormsby Hospital Middlesborough,Nurses Badge
An early bronze and enamel Pendant badge for the North Ormesby Hospital Middlesborough. I believe this design predates the creation of the NHS in 1948.It consists of a bronze disc with a central Christian cross bearing a scroll with the date 1858,when the hospital was founded following an explosion of a boiler at a local Ironworks.The hospital title is on a blue enamel band around the rim.This ... read more
The Nightingale School of Nursing,St Thomas' Hospital,Silver Nurses badge
A silver and enamel nurses badge from the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing of St Thomas' Hospital.Demand for these remains high and I'm afraid the price reflects this demand,even in this damaged condition.
For more information on the history of the design see;http://thenightingalefellowship.org.uk/the-nightingale-badge/
Unfortunately the tips of several of the cross ... read more
Bath School of Midwifery,Midwives Badge
A chrome and enamel midwives badge from the Bath School of Midwifery.The circular badge has four devices taken from the previous Schools of Nursing which made up the group.Designed from a competition in the early 1980s,the badge has the coat of arms for Bath above the red Wyvern of Somerset,The blue swallow from the Orthopaedic Hospital Badges and the green cross from St Martins Hospital.There ... read more
Pontefract,Castleford & Ackton School of Nursing,Silver Nurses badge
A Silver and enamel Nurses Badge for the Pontefract,Castleford & Ackton School of Nursing.The circular badge features a central design of a Caduceus in front of a castle (representing Pontefract) this is imposed upon a White rose of Yorkshire.The hospital title appears in silver on a blue enamel band around the edge.Condition good but with several surface scratches.The pin and clasp is present ... read more