Nursing, Hospital, & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a gorgeous 1975 Salem College Nurse School Graduation Pin from Salem West Virginia. VINTAGE: 1975 SIZE: 15/16" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: 10k Gold with green enameling. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal pin with come-under...

ARTIFACT: This is a gorgeous circa 1913 Nurse Pin from Ohio. The Badge is modified by the original weare to hand from the Ohio "STORM AND FLOOD"1913 Bar. VINTAGE: Circa 1913's. SIZE: About 1"x1 CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Bronze ATTACHMENT: Hang from...

ARTIFACT: This is a distinctive insignia for the United States Army 45th Field Hospital. The DI is a maroon cross at the center of a bright green star with partial fleur-de-lis between the arms of the star. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a distinctive insignia in sterling silver for the United States Army 15th Evacuation Hospital. The DI is a cross bearing a wonderfully detailed tree and reads EVACUARE (to evacuate). VINTAGE: Circa World War II era. SIZE: 1-3/16"...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930 graduation pin from the United States Army School of Nursing. The pin was made by Bailey, Banks & Biddle in 14 karat gold (3.5 pennyweight) and shows a caduceus in relief at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1930...

ARTIFACT: This beautiful nursing pin is in 10 karat gold and is in the shape of a Maltese cross with a circle at center. In the circle is a white disk with the letters WTS FOR N. Around the circle it reads TRAINED NURSE 191I do not know where the "WT"...

ARTIFACT: This beautiful nursing pin is made of sterling silver and is in the shape of an circle. In the center of the pin is a pierced cross with the date 1916 below. Around the outside of the pin it reads FREE HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN. This is probably from...

ARTIFACT: This beautiful oval nursing pin is in 14 karat gold and was made by Dieges & Clust. In the center of the pin is a dove carrying a laurel branch and at 3 points around the outside of the pin are the initials H.M.S.H. & D. In a stylized garter...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s County Hospital (Chicago) nursing graduation pin by Lebolt. The pin is a nicely enameled sterling silver cross and reads CH at its center for (Cook) County Hospital in Chicago. It is by Lebolt, a Chicago jeweler since 1899...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1940s graduation pin for an unidentified nursing school. The pin is a sterling silver cross with a lamp of knowledge at its center in tested 10 karat gold. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s. SIZE: Approximately 5/8" in height and 5/8" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a dated 1947 nurse graduation pin by John Frick Jewelry Company for the Garfield Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C (now Washington Hospital Center). Garfield was a Civil War era hospital that badly needed upgrades by World War II. A...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1873 Massachusetts General Hospital nurse graduation pin. Mass General is the third oldest hospital in the nation, and was established in 181The pin is in wafer-thin enameled 14 karat gold and shows the seal of the Commonwealth...