Medical, Health & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I Youth Men's Christian Association (YMCA) badge by B. Manufacturing Company. The Association was started by a group of disillusioned young men in London in 1844 as a...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I Youth Men's Christian Association (YMCA) badge by Whitehead & Hoag. The Association was started by a group of disillusioned young men in London in 1844 as a refuge...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...