Medical, Health & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1958 nursing graduation pin for an LPN from the Eastern Shore State Hospital in Cambridge, Maryland (now Eastern Shore Hospital Center (ESHC)). ESSH started in 1912 as a state facility for the mentally ill, and is now on...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful 1953 Mercy Hospital nursing graduation pin from Portland, Maine. Mercy Hospital was founded during World War I (in 1918). The pin is in enameled 10 karat gold and has the graduate's initials engraved upon reverse...

ARTIFACT: This is a numbered 1953 registered maternity nurse pin from New Zealand. The pin came to us along with two other pins (they are listed at the bottom of this page). This pin and one of the others are engraved on reverse with the same name: E. J...

ARTIFACT: This is a Smith School of Practical Nursing graduation pin from the late 1940s or early 1950s. The pin shows a lamp and a book at its center and bears the engraved initials K.V. S. on reverse. VINTAGE: Circa late 1940s or early 1950s...

ARTIFACT: This is a dated 1945 nurse graduation pin from Children's Hospital: which one is unclear. The pin is in 14 karat gold with sapphire chips for service. VINTAGE: Circa 1945. SIZE: Approximately 5/8" in height and 5/8" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1940s volunteer service pin for one thousand hours of service at Beverly Hospital in Massachusetts. The pin is in enameled sterling silver and is chained to a bar reading 1000. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: Late 1940's Lincoln Institute Chicago School of Practical Nursing graduation lapel pin. The pin shows a gilt torch in recessed embossed detail against a background of white enamel centered between the letters: "PN". The outer ring of green...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1940s lapel pin for the Practical Nurses (LPNs) of New York Inc. The pin is in beautifully enameled 10 karat gold. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s. SIZE: Approximately 5/8" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: 10 karat gold with...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1947 British American Hospital (La Molina, Peru) nursing school graduation pin in gilt silver and blue and white enamel. VINTAGE: Circa 1947. SIZE: Approximately 1" x 1". CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gilt silver and blue and white enamel...

ARTIFACT: Nice 1930's - 1940's numbered Minnesota Registered Nurse lapel pin in enameled sterling silver. The center of the lapel pin features a blue enamel disc with the letters "RN" and around it reads: "REGISTERED NURSE MINNESOTA" in black enamel...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified circa 1940s school of practical nursing pin with the nurse's initial engraved on reverse. The pin is in 10 karat gold and has a T and an S enameled in red at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1940's. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1940s licensed practical nurse pin from the State of Illinois. The pin is by Morgan's and done in nicely enameled gold fill. The reverse of the pin is numbered and engraved with the nurse's name. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s...