Medical, Health & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a 1912 Maine YMCA lapel stud. The Association was started by a group of disillusioned young men in London in 1844 as a refuge from the social ills with which city life teemed. Nine years later the first American YMCA was set up at the...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I theatre-made YMCA stick pin with the group's enameled red and blue triangle logo. The Association was started by a group of disillusioned young men in London in 1844 as a refuge from the social ills with which city life...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I era YMCA pendant with the group's enameled red and blue triangle logo. The Association was started by a group of disillusioned young men in London in 1844 as a refuge from the social ills with which city life teemed. Nine...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1880s-1890s YMCA Boys Branch badge. The badge is shield-shaped and has a crown with a sword through its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1880s-1890s. SIZE: Approximately 1-5/16" in height and 1-1/16" in length. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: 1990's Lock Haven University Nursing Program (school) Graduation Pin by Josten's with the original owner's initial's stamped on reverse: "V. A. C.". The enamel and 10K gold-fill pin displays the program's emblem in the center surrounded by gold...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s-1940s nursing graduate pin from the California School of Practical Nursing. The pin is nicely enameled in red, white and blue and engraved on reverse with the nurse's name. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s-1940s. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautifully enameled sterling silver Victoria, Australia general registered nurse pin. 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...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II Cadet Nurse Corps pledge pin. The pin reads PLEDGE U.S. CADET NURSE CORPS across a wreathed Knight's cross. The Corps was set up during World War II to train nurses. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: 13/16"...

ARTIFACT: This is an enameled sterling silver registered general nurse pin from Tasmania. The pin came to us along with two other pins (they are listed at the bottom of this page). The pin heart-shaped and is from World War II, with a number and maker's...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1931 named nurse graduation pin by Balfour for St. Joseph's Hospital in Lowell, Massachusetts. Renamed in 1930, the Lowell Corporation Hospital had begun as the nation's first industrial hospital in 183The pin is in beautifully...

ARTIFACT: This is a numbered circa 1920s or 1930s nursing graduation pin from Lankenau Hospital of Wynnewood, Pennsylvania in the eastern part of the state. Lankenau Hospital opened in 1860. The pin is marked Elliott on reverse, and is a nicely enameled...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1911 nursing pin from St. Luke's Hospital of New York City by Schumann & Sons. The St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing was incorporated in 1898, just over a half century after the birth of St. Luke's Hospital (now St...