Medical, Health & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II United States Army nurse occupational therapist assistant shoulder patch. The patch is oval and shows an interlocking O ad T in red at its center. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 3-1/16" in height and...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950s Daimler ambulance by Dinky Toys. The ambulance has rotating wheels and is in a buttermilk color with a red cross on wither side. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 1-9/16" in height and 1-5/16" in width 3-3/4" in length...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1910s advertising ash tray from Clay-Adams Company of New York City, a medical supplier. The ash tray is a small, life-like skull illustrating their trade: "skeletons, skulls, charts, manikins, surgical and laboratory...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful WWI YMCA Christmas Card showing two Dutch children, a boy with a United States flag and a girl with a Santa Claus doll cradled inside a Doughboy helmet and reads: "CHRISTMAS GREETINGS", artwork by "Anita Parkhurst". The card is...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1910s-1920s YWCA lapel pin. Originally christened as the Ladies' Christian Association, the initials YMCA were used eight years later in 186The pin is a triangle enameled in blue and black. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s-1920s...

ARTIFACT: This beautiful nursing pin is in 10 karat gold and is in the shape of a Maltese cross with a circle at center. In the circle is a white disk with the letters WTS FOR N. Around the circle it reads TRAINED NURSE 191I do not know where the "WT"...

ARTIFACT: This beautiful nursing pin is made of sterling silver and is in the shape of an circle. In the center of the pin is a pierced cross with the date 1916 below. Around the outside of the pin it reads FREE HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN. This is probably from...

ARTIFACT: This beautiful oval nursing pin is in 14 karat gold and was made by Dieges & Clust. In the center of the pin is a dove carrying a laurel branch and at 3 points around the outside of the pin are the initials H.M.S.H. & D. In a stylized garter...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s County Hospital (Chicago) nursing graduation pin by Lebolt. The pin is a nicely enameled sterling silver cross and reads CH at its center for (Cook) County Hospital in Chicago. It is by Lebolt, a Chicago jeweler since 1899...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1940s graduation pin for an unidentified nursing school. The pin is a sterling silver cross with a lamp of knowledge at its center in tested 10 karat gold. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s. SIZE: Approximately 5/8" in height and 5/8" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a dated 1947 nurse graduation pin by John Frick Jewelry Company for the Garfield Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C (now Washington Hospital Center). Garfield was a Civil War era hospital that badly needed upgrades by World War II. A...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1873 Massachusetts General Hospital nurse graduation pin. Mass General is the third oldest hospital in the nation, and was established in 181The pin is in wafer-thin enameled 14 karat gold and shows the seal of the Commonwealth...