Medical, Health & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: 1958 Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, Westboro Nurse graduation gold-filled pin by Dorrety in Boston. The center of the badge features a the State Seal of Massachusetts in nice relief detail. Surrounding are enameled segments of...

ARTIFACT: Scarce 1950's Massachusetts 10K Certified Nurse's Aide lapel pin by Balfour. This lovely gold fill and light pink enamel pin displays the Massachusetts State Seal in the center and beneath it reads: "CERTIFIED NURSE'S AIDE". The reverse shows...

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 enamel...

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...