High Royds Hospital Yorkshire, RMN badge

An original chrome and enamel badge for the High Royds Mental Hospital located near Leeds.Originally opened as the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum in 1888,it was known as Menston Hospital between 1952 and 1963 before finally becoming High Royds Hospital until it's closure in 2003.
This badge which features the white Rose of Yorkshire is in good condition with enamel good .Pin and clasp...  read more

Code: 54764

Queen's Institute of District Nursing,post 1982 badge

A bronze metal pin back badge for the Queen's Nursing Institute.This is the version issued after 1982 for Registered Nurses.It features the initials DN for District Nurse in a voided centre within an oval border bearing Issued by the Queen's Nursing Institute.This is topped by a queens crown.Good overall condition with pin, clasp and safety roller catch all good.Unmarked to rear.Height 40mm  read more

Code: 54767

Orthopaedic Nurse Certificate(ONC), SRN badge

A popular seven sided enamelled nurses badge for the Orthopaedic Nursing Certificate.First issued in 1974 it features a twisted plane tree with it's trunk bound to a post, an allusion to a splinted fracture.The badge became obsolete in 1983 with the formation of the UKCC. Good condition but with only minor enamel scratches .Pin and catch intact .Makers marks for Thomas Fattorini Regent Street  read more

Code: 54766

General Infirmary at Leeds,Silver Nurses Badge

A popular silver and enamel nurses badge for the General Infirmary At Leeds.In good condition .Pin and clasp intact but missing safety roller catch.Engraved to rear J Womersley 1941-1945.Hallmarked for JP(John Pinches London) 1970. Height 32mm  read more

Code: 53944

Nurses League,Sheffield Royal Infirmary

A base metal and enamel Nurses badge for the Nurses League of the Sheffield Royal Infirmary.The central design features the green Maltese cross of their School of Nursing.Good condition with pin and clasp intact.Height 26mm  read more

Code: 53209

City General Hospital Sheffield,Nurses badge

A brass metal nurses badge from the City General Hospital Sheffield.It features a plain metal Greek cross upon which are ribbons forming a circle.To the centre is a Lamp of Learning.The top ribbon bears the initials for CGH, the lower Sheffield.Good condition throughout with pin and clasp intact.Marked to rear Fattorini & Sons Sheffield.Height 30mm  read more

Code: 53210

Prussian Red Cross Medal,Second Class,pre WW1

Instituted in 1898, the Prussian Red Cross Service medal was awarded in three grades.This second class medal features a red enamelled Geneva Cross with Prussian crowns to each arm .the initials WR and AV are for Kaiser Willhelm and Augusta Victoria.This example is silver plated although later wartime issues were often steel or Zinc plated. Good overall condition, suspension ring bent and missin...  read more

Code: 54763

Northampton General Hospital, brass nurses badge

The distinctive nurses pendant badge from Northampton General Hospital.The suspension bar bears the title Northampton General Hospital,and retains it's pin and clasp.The Badge is unusual in that it it is double sided with the castle motif from the arms of the Borough Council on the face and the rose of Northamptonshire on the reverse.Although these badges were often made from silver or white me...  read more

Code: 54762