Maidstone Typhoid Medal & Kent Nursing Institution Long Service pair.
A rare pair of medals awarded to the same nurse, relating to her service during the Maidstone Typhoid Epidemic of 1897.The background to the epidemic and its subsequent nursing involvement can be found in Sarah Rogers excellent article here
;http://maidstonetyphoidepidemic.weebly.com
These were both awarded to Beatrice Mary Barnicoat. Born in 1870 in Landrake Cornwall.She ... read more
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary,Tennis Tournament Examiner badge
This one has to come into the rare category,in as much as I have never seen another! The Brass and enamel design replicates the design for the Hospitals school of Nursing with the addition of two scrolls with Examiner and Tennis Tournament to the bottom.Unsure as to age.Pin and clasp is good Height 33mm read more
Nightingale School of Nursing,Enrolled Nurses Badge and silver buckle
An extremely rare Pair of items relating to an Enrolled nurses training and career at St Thomas's Hospital London.
The badge is a silver and enamel Enrolled Nurses badge for the Nightingale School of Nursing at St Thomas Hospital.Very good condition with original case.It is hallmarked for TF Birmingham 1974 Height 34mm
The second item is the silver Nurses Buckle for St Thomas's ho... read more
Roehampton College of Nursing Education,Nurses Badge
A base metal nurses badge for the Roehampton College of Nursing Education.Very good condition, pin and clasp intact.Makers name for London Badge & Button,Height 35mm read more
Hospitals & Infirmaries,Architects folio of illustrations
An interesting item, namely a folio of mounted pages from an Architectural publication, all relating to hospital and asylum buildings.I believe it dates to the 1930s and includes such hospitals as the Royal Free,Middlesex and other establishments. There are just over 90 in a good to reasonable condition. Please ask for more details if required
each loose page is approximately 18cm by 25cm read more
The Hospital,Bound Volume VII October 1889-March 1890
Another scarce bound publication ,being the Hospital, including the Nursing Mirror and Nursing Supplement.
This was published by Sir Henry Burdett, a great statistician and advocate of the Voluntary Hospital System,and vocal opponent of State registration for Nurses. Many of the articles relate to the organisation and funding of Hospitals and asylums in the late 19th century.An interesti... read more
The Nursing Illustrated,Bound volume 1,1938-39
A scarce bound volume of what was a new weekly magazine for Nurses in 1938. Its publication coincided with the start of World War Two so lasted into early 1940 before it ceased publication.Few copies survive
Full of articles, notices and pictures it gives a glimpse into the issues of the Nursing world of those years read more
65.00 GBP
London County Council,Lambeth Hospital .Silver Nurses Badge
Another of these popular LCC Silver & enamel badges from the 1930s.This is for the Lambeth Hospital,which was located at Brook Drive Kennington. It was,by 1939,one the three largest Municipal hospitals in London with some 1250 beds ;See ;http://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/lambeth.html
The badge features the LCC crest upon a silver roundel within a blue enamelled cross. The enamel on the cross is ... read more
Clatterbridge General Hospital,Silver Nurses badge
A silver and enamel nurses badge for Clatterbridge Hospital in the Wirral. Originally the Workhouse Infirmary for the Wirral Poor Law Unionist was renamed as Clatterbridge General Hospital in 1930.
The silver Maltese cross design features three wheat sheaves of Cheshire with two feathers.In excellent condition with pin clasp and safety catch , all good.
Engraved for D E Buckley N... read more
Winwick Hospital Warrington,Mental Nurses Badge
Scarce mental nurses badge for the Winwick Hospital,Warrington.The rose shaped badge has a central motif of a red shield bearing an armoured knight with shield,Good overall condition, pin and clasp intact.Named for J D Stretch 1971 Height 27mm read more