St Andrews Ambulance Association Badge
A brass and enamel Pin back badge for the St.Andrews Ambulance Association. This may have been issued for War Service but if anyone can confirm I would be grateful. It features the figure of St Andrew in front of a red saltire topped with thistles.Around the edge in blue enamel is St Andrews Ambulance Association 1882(The year it was founded)To the rear is 315 N.S. general condition is good .He... read more
45.00 GBP
The Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery,King's College London
A scarce Nurses badge for the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing after it's move to King's College Hospital.
It bears the image of Florence Nightingale within a wreath upon a rich blue enamel base.Base metal
Pin and clasp with safety catch intact.Good overall condition.Height 37mm
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Hull District School of Nursing,Nurses badge.
A base metal and enamel Nurses badge from the Hull District School of Nursing.It features a design of a light blue Maltese Cross which has a white Yorkshire rose in the centre.
The words Faith ,Hope,Charity and Healing are on a navy blue band around this and the title Hull District School of Nursing are around the rim.In good condition with pin,clasp and safety roller catch all good.Make... read more
Bath War Hospital,World War 1 Nurses/VAD Badge
A Brass and Enamel badge for the Bath War Hospital.Opened in 1916 on the Combe Park site of the current Royal United Hospitals. The design features the arms of Bath imposed upon a red cross on a white background.The title Bath War Hospital is on a blue band around the edge.Enamel in good condition,Pin and clasp good although the pin is a professional replacement.Unmarked to rear.Height 32mm read more
Great Ormond St. Hospital For Sick Children London,Service medal
A nice pendant medal which I believe was used in connection for fund raising for the Hospital.It features the original hospital buildings in relief on a brass and enamel fob medal.This is suspended from an original silk ribbon with an enamel pin back suspension bar brooch with SERVICE .The rear has a makers mark of Thomas Fattorini Hockley Street Birmingham Ltd.(This dates it to between 1924 an... read more
Connaught Hospital,Walthamstow,Nurses badge
A bronze Nurses badge from the Connaught Hospital in Walthamstow.Earlier known as the Leyton,Walthamstow and Wanstead Hospital it was renamed in 1928 after the Duchess of Connaught who had been a patron of the Hospital.The Hospital finally closed in 1977.
The badge consists of the intertwined letters C & H in a voided centre beneath a crown,with the title around the rim.Condition good wi... read more
Paddington Hospital,Silver Nurses Badge
A scarce silver and enamel Nurses badge for Paddington Infirmary,later known as St Mary's Hospital Harrow Road(part of the St Mary's group) The design features the arms of Paddington consisting of two wolves heads and two crossed swords through a mural crown on a blue shield.The hospital title is on a black band to the rim.The reverse is engraved to Ivy I Galloway (Jessie Beatrice Olive Cope-w... read more
Charing Cross Hospital Nurses Medal
Still one of the most distinctive of the London Hospitals Nurses badges is the medal of the Charing Cross Hospital,worn at the throat on its ribbon.This is a very clean example consisting of a Brass eight pointed Maltese cross with balls to the tips,all present and Fleur de Lys at the corners.It is named to the rear Marcia M.Smith June 1965. With original short silk ribbon in good condition .He... read more
Salford Royal Hospital,Silver Nurses Badge
A very nice silver and enamel Nurses badge from the Salford Royal Hospital.It features a central embossed disc bearing the crest of Salford with the motto Integrity and Industry.this overlays a green enamel Maltese Cross.In very good condition with minimal surface rubbing.Pin and clasp are intact but the safety roller catch is missing( It should be possible to have this repaired) Engraved to R.... read more
Notley Hospital Braintree,Nurses Badge
A chrome and enamel nurses badge from Notley Hospital in Braintree Essex.Originally a Sanatorium,the hospital expanded and was designated an emergency hospital during World War 2.It was accepted as a training school for Nurses in 1949 and this badge will date from between 1964 and 1974 when the Hospital dropped Black from it's title in 1964 to aid recruitment.
In good clean condition wit... read more