Medical, Health & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a set of two pieces; a pin and a charm, both made of bronze, for the St. Barnabus Guild for Nurses. Both pieces are in the shape of an oval with a pierced fluer-de-lis-ed cross at center. The pin says at center on the arms of the cross...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare CBI-theatre Red Cross blood donor pin from India. The badge is round and reads BLOOD DONOR in two languages with a red cross in relief at its center. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/16" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is an American Red Cross officer's cap badge, which is an eagle bearing an enameled red cross. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/16" in height and 2-7/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Copper-plated...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II British Red Cross Society associate badge by J. R. Gaunt. This badge has an attached service ribbon. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Pin: approximately 13/16" in diameter; ribbon: 1-1/2" by 2-1/4"...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice circa 1930s Canadian Red Cross Society blood donor service member badge. The pin is by Birks Ellis and is numbered on reverse. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 3/4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is an early American Red Cross Chicago Chapter service pin. The badge reads SERVICE CHICAGO CHAPTER and shows a red cross at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: 5/8" diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass with red,...

ARTIFACT: This is a dated 1920 American Red Cross First Aid medal named to Samuel (Trevor) Garman. Garman was a famous zoologist and naturalist from Pennsylvania, and was presented with this medal seven years before his death in 1927. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I American Red Cross Foreign Service award medal. The medal reads SERVICE AMERICAN RED CROSS and shows a red cross at center, while the bar at the top of the blue silk ribbon reads FOREIGN SERVICE. VINTAGE: Circa World War...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce World War I pocket mirror from the American Red Cross Canteen Service. The mirror is backed in red, white and blue celluloid and was made by the Parisian Novelty Company of Chicago, Illinois. VINTAGE: Circa World War I...

ARTIFACT: This is an American Red Cross aviation ambulance donation pin in celluloid from World War I. The pin is white with a red cross at center and the word AVIATION beneath. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 1" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is an early World War II donation pin by Coro for the British-American Ambulance Corps. The pin is a wing with the Union Jack and a crown bearing the letters RAF at center. VINTAGE: Circa early World War II. SIZE: 1-1/2" height and...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare numbered unit badge for the Hadfield-Spears ambulance unit, a voluntary Anglo-French medical unit. The unit, originally known as the 282nd Light Surgical Ambulance Corps of the 4th French Army, operated from February...