Canterbury District Hospital SoN,GNC,RCN Group of Nurses Badges
A group of Nurses badges issued to the same nurse.They consist of A GNC for England & Wales badge for Enrolled Nurse Training,this being named for J.Aslett SEN 142254 10.12.71.In very good condition Height 27mm.The second is a GNC for England & Wales in chrome and enamel.This is unnamed (as was the custom by the late 1970s) but numbered SRN 533888. The third is is a silver and enamel badge fro... read more
Gartloch Hospital Glasgow
A brass and enamel badge for Gartloch Mental Hospital in Glasgow,which closed in 1996.The site is now converted into Gartloch Village,a luxury housing development.In Good condition barring some surface scratches.Replacement pin but safety catch good.Unmarked to rear .Height 42mm read more
Nurses Cape
An item of uniform that was loved by many a nurse over the years,a typical nurses cape,probably dating to the 1960s or 70s.This Black(? woollen) Cape, lined with a red material,has a collar and button front.It is of a longer length than magnet 42 inches/107cms.It retains the red cross over straps with button fixing,for securing it around the body.
The original label is for Wearwell Unifo... read more
Tor & South West College of Health,Nurses badge
A chrome and enamel badge for the Tor & South West College of Health.This amalgamated many of the previous smaller Schools of Nursing in Devon & Somerset from the mid 1980s to early 1990s.In excellent condition with pin and safety catch intact.Makers mark Fattorini. Height 30mm read more
Law General Hospital,Scottish Registered General Nurse Pair
A pair of Nursing badges awarded to the same nurse.They are a white metal and enamel nurse badge from Law General Hospital School of Nursing.In very good condition with only minor surface scratches.Pin and clasp good.makers marks for J Pinches London.
Height 28mm
The second badge is a Registered General Nurse badge for
Scotland,This features the Saltirein enamel .Condition... read more
St John's Hospital For Diseases of the Skin,Nurses Badge
An extremely rare nurses badge for the St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin which was based in various location around Soho in London. See;http://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/stjohnsskin.html
Of composite brass and enamel two piece construction it depicts St John the Baptist with a lamb, imposed upon an enamel Red Cross with a voided centre.The blue band to the edge carries St John's Hospit... read more
Leicester General Hospital,Nurses badge
A Popular Nurses badge from the Leicester General Hospital.The oval bronze and enamel badge are based upon the arms of Leicester featuring a shield with cinquefoil and topped by a Wyvern.Above this is a stylised rising Sun.At the top edge is LGH for Leicester General Hospital and around the bottom edge,Semper Ad Suprema-Always to the Best.Good condition with pin,clasp and safety roller catch al... read more
Birmingham City University Nursing Badge
An enamel Nurses badge for the Nursing course of Birmingham City University.This post dates 2007 when the University received a new crest based upon the Tiger emblem of the previous University of Central England.A nice example of the modern Nursing badge tradition.Rather flimsy pin fixing,Height 37mm read more
Silver(Aladdin's) Lamp of Learning
A lovely solid silver Aladdin style lamp,also known as the Lamp of Learning. A smaller version of the type of Lamp used in the annual Florence Nightingale Commemoration Service at Westminster Abbey.In America many schools hold a Lamp Of Learning ceremony and small china versions are given as graduation gifts.
The lamp itself is 110mm long and 50mm high and weighs 110gms. It has a removab... read more
Royal Naval School of Physiotherapy badge
A scarce Badge from the Royal Naval School of Physiotherapy.The first Royal Navy Sick berth attendant to qualify as a Masseur gained his certificate in 1906 and a school of Massage was set up at RN Hospital Chatham in 1917.I believe that this badge dates to the 1950s when there was a School of Physiotherapy at RN Hospital Haslar.The badge is in a moderate condition only with several chips to t... read more