Medical, Health & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is an interesting framed 1956 doctor's Boston City Hospital residency certificate. It was issued to Robert Irwin Katz, M.D., who served with the United States Marine Corps as a Naval Medical officer during the Korean War. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s or 1930s employee or attendant badge for Green Mountain Lake Farms Inc. in Pawling, New York, a railway community. Green Mountain Lake Farms was the name given to the property purchased by Consolidated Edison of New York...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1930 Emergency Squad hat badge from Rahway, New Jersey by S. H. Reese. The badge is numbered 30, reads FIRST AID and shows the State of New Jersey seal at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1930. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/4" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a Lovely 1890's Connecticut Humane Society Member Lapel Badge. The badge reads CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY and shows a guardian angel and a child standing with a dog and a horse. VINTAGE: 1890s. SIZE: Approximately 15/16" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a fleam from the Civil War era or an earlier period. It has three posts with puncture points, and was made by Joseph Rodgers and Sons. It is in excellent condition. The fleam was a tool used by surgeons for bloodletting: this design may...

ARTIFACT: This is a fleam from the Revolutionary War era. It has three posts with puncture points and one straight edge, and is possibly of American manufacture. The fleam was a tool used by surgeons for bloodletting: this design may possibly have been...

ARTIFACT: WWII Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania women's volunteer organization badge: Memorial Gold Cross First Aid and Ambulance Corps which saw upwards of 2,000 members during the war. The round red, white, and blue enameled badge reads: "MEMORIAL GOLD...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Civil Defense First Aid Specialist patch. The patch is in embroidered blue twill showing a red cross within a white triangle and has snap fasteners on reverse. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 3" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II ambulance driver pin for the American Women's Auxiliary Defense Corps. The pin shows a red eagle against a blue cross and reads WADC in gold. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 3/4" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I National First Aid Association of America lapel pin. The pin has a blue enameled crest and center which has been slightly reshaped to resemble a heart. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 5/8" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War I volunteer armband for the Good Will Organization. The Good Will began in 1919 in Milwaukee. It provided employment for people with disabilities, including soldiers returning home after World War I. The arm band has...

ARTIFACT: WWII Era New York City Department of Public Health #'d Matron Badge. The large round white celluloid badge reads: "ISSUED BY DEPT. OF HEALTH LICENSED CITY OF NEW YORK" and in the very center it reads: "MATRON 11334", the...