Royal Infirmary Edinburgh School of Nursing, Brass Nurses Badge

An unusual brass and enamel version of the nurses Pelican badge from the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh.It features the emblem of the Royal Infirmary,the Pelican feeding it's young with it's own blood,noted as a symbol of dedication and service to others. The Nurses League of the School of Nursing is still today known as the Pelican League;http://pelican-nurses-league-rie.org/index.php
The ba...  read more

Code: 54138

Woodend Hospital & Aberdeen Royal Infirmary combined school/Scottish RGN badges pair

A pair of badges awarded to the same nurse.These are the large enamelled badge for the joint Woodend Hospital and Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. good general condition with minor enamel nibbles and some wear to the plated finish.Pin and clasp intact.Makers mark for Thomas Fattorini Ltd Regent Street Birmingham. height 48mm
the second item is a silver and enamel Registered General Nurse Scotla...  read more

Code: 54137

Nottingham Eye Hospital Nurses Badge

Chrome and enamel Nurses badge from the Nottingham Eye Hospital.This is the later pattern badge and features a flaming torch on a red cross with the motto Post Lux Tenebras-After Darkness Light.Unmarked to the rear,Condition very good.Height 30mm  read more

Code: 50082

Westminster Children's Hospital Nurses League/GNC pair of Nurses Badges

A pair of badges to the same nurse for her training in the .1950s and 60s.
The first is the chrome and enamel General Nursing Council for England & Wales badge engraved to B R Thompson RSCN 12838 31,3,59. SRN 331021. 26.11.63.Good condition, pin and clasp intact.
The registers show this as being Bridget Rosemary Thompson who. did her Sick Children Nursing at the Westminster Chi...  read more

Code: 54135

St Helier Hospital Carshalton, Silver Nurses badge

A heavy silver nurses badge for the St Helier Hospital Carshalton. It's design features the head of the saint, a hermit who was beheaded by Saxon Pirates on the Island of Jersey in the 6th century.In good overall condition, pin and clasp intact .Engraved for Barbara V. Chammings 1963-67. Silver hallmarks for Thomas Fattorini, Birmingham 1965 Height 32mm  read more

Code: 54134

Aberdare & District Midwives Association & Midwives Institute members badge

A pair of badges to the same midwife from the 1930s.
The first is the small members badge for then Midwives Institute which was to become the College of Midwives in 1941.Founded in 1881, the motto Vita Donum Dei-Life is the gift of God is still the same today.
in good condition with pin and clasp intact.Makers mark for  read more

Code: 54133

Queen Victoria's Jubilee Institute for Nurses, District Nurses Hat

A scarce woollen,Air Hostess style, District Nurses hat,probably from the 1950s.It bears the woven QVI badge of Queen Victorias Jubilee Institute for Nurses through it's many guises over the years.Good overall condition with no obvious damage or holes.A small size  read more

Code: 54130

Kings College Hospital,Student Nurses Outdoor Bonnet

A woollen nurses outdoor cap from the Kings College Hospital London.This was I understand worn by student nurses when travelling between their Nurses Home and the Hospital and was still in use in the 1980s according to one of my colleagues.
The cap is shaped rather like a bonnet with an embroidered badge to the front under which is a small bow.The badge consists of a shield ,bearing the ...  read more

Code: 54129

The Royal Free Hospital London,Outdoor Uniform hat

Another scarce item from my collection, namely an outdoor pillbox type hat in felt with the embroidered badge of the Royal Free Hospital London.In good overall condition with no sign of moth damage.In has an internal label for Medique, Medical Tailoring Limited Enfield  read more

Code: 54128

General Nursing Council for England & Wales ,WW2 Nurses Outdoor Uniform Peaked Cap

A rare nurses uniform Peaked cap from the Second World War period.This is cap as worn with outdoor uniform for a state registered nurse from the 1940s, The cloth cap has an embroidered bullion badge featuring the letters SRN for State Registered Nurse.The condition is good for its age, with only no apparent other damage.There is age related wear . The lining has a label for the Nurses Outfitti...  read more

Code: 54127