Medical, Health & Related Artifacts

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1940s-1950s graduation pin from the Miami School of Nursing. The pin is round with a roped border and shows a lamp and cross at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s-1950s. SIZE: Approximately 15/16" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a stunning 1961 Mt. Carmel Hospital College of Nursing graduation pin in 10 karat gold. Mt. Carmel is in Columbus, Ohio, and was founded in 1903 by the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross. The pin has a Gilbert maker mark and...

ARTIFACT: This is a named circa 1956 nursing graduation pin from and unidentified school, possibly Boston Hospital School. It is by Wallbank, a Boston-area jeweler. The pin is in 10 karat gold and enamel in the shape of a Maltese cross. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1940s nurse graduation pin from St. Vincent Hospital School of Nursing. There was a St. Vincent's nursing school in both Worcester, Massachusetts and Bridgeport, Connecticut, and this pin is most likely for one of them. It is by...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War II nurse cadet hat badge by Blackinton in sterling silver. This badge was worn by the Nurse Cadet Corps of the US Public Health Service during World War II. It is maker-marked on reverse and has a different placement...

ARTIFACT: This is a nursing graduation pin from the Boulder, Colorado Sanitarium and is dated 1896 on the front, presumably the date of the founding of the Sanitarium. VINTAGE: Circa 1920. SIZE: About 3/4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gilt...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930 nurse graduation pin from an unknown school in 14 karat gold. The pin reads BHTS, most likely for a nursing school at a hospital, and has the graduate's initials engraved on reverse. VINTAGE: Circa 1930. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified circa 1910s nursing school pin. The pin is in 10 karat gold (tested) and has a V and an S enameled in red at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/16" in height and 5/8" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a nursing school graduate pin from 1924 from an unidentified school. The pin is a cross with an enameled border and reads ORAGNIZED 1903 N.G. The pin's reverse is engraved M.F.H. DEC. 4th 1924. VINTAGE: Circa 1924. SIZE: Approximately...