Catalogue
N.Z. Maternity, nurses badge, struck uniface in silver (38x26mm), by S.D. & Co (Stewart Dawson), ring top with bar and pin-back, reverse inscribed '86/H.Pierce/Wellington/1910'; McHardy Maternity Home, Napier, badge in voided silver (38x28mm), no maker, pin-back. Both toned, extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
N.Z. Maternity, nurses badge, uniface, struck in silver (38x26mm), by S.D. & Co. (Stewart Dawson & Co), reverse inscribed '115/A.N.Nickless/Dunedin/1912'. Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
N.Z. Maternity, nurses badge, uniface, struck in silver (38x26mm), by S.D. & Co. (Stewart Dawson & Co), ring top and silver bar with pin-back, reverse inscribed '203/E.J.Patterson/Christchurch/1915'. Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Townley - St Helens Maternity Home, Founded 14th April 1910, nurse's medal, struck in silver (28mm), by W.Good (Gisborne), ring top with bar and pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed '785A/M.E.V.Parkes/7.6.16'. Toned, good very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
N.Z. Maternity, nurses badge, uniface, struck in silver (35x27mm), no maker, ring top and bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed '289/Ellen F.McKay/Auckland/8-9-19'. Toned, very fine.
Estimate $250
Passed in
Badges, all attributed to Effie Williams, 1909 - c1920s, includes Australasian Trained Nurses Assocn, 1909; NZRN (Royal Nth Shore Hosp. Sydney 1911); R.N.S. Hospital Trained Nurses; NZANS (NZ Army nursing service); WWI, Wound Badge (NZ10082) and St Mary's Convent. Fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
Waikato District Hospital, c1920, Honours medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 8.4gm, 27x27mm), no maker, bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'Nurse Gwendolyn G.Nicholl'. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $240
N.Z.M.N. (NZ Mental Nursing), New Zealand Government, medal 'For Proficiency in Mental Nursing', struck in bronze and enamel (40x40mm), by Mayer & Kean, Wellington, ring top and bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed '972/E.M.Rowe/1932' [illustrated]; also, three other silver fob medals to E.Rowe from 1925, 1926 and 1941. Fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $250
SOLD $220
N.Z.R.N. (New Zealand Registered Nurse), medal in brass and enamel (35mm), by Mayer & Kean, Wellington, bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'R.A.Farquhar/6183/1928'; another, badge in silver and enamel (35x25mm), no maker, pin-back, reverse inscribed '1710/R.A.Farquhar/1932'. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
N.Z.R.N. (New Zealand Registered Nurse), medal in brass and enamel (35mm), by Mayer & Kean, Wellington, bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed '7630/M.Wells/1933'; O.N.Z., M.S.M.H., badge in silver and enamel (30mm), no maker, ring top and bar with pin-back, reverse inscribed '1534/Maisie Wells/1953'. Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $200
Passed in
Nursing and sporting, badges and medallions awarded to Miss E. (Bessie) Everett, between 1914 and 1938, gold, silver and base metal, noted a red cross patch from Napier Hospital and a miniature hand mirror with picture (presumably of Bessie). Fine - extremely fine. (13)
Estimate $250
Passed in
Karitane Nurses, Truby King Mothercraft, badge in silver (28mm) and blue enamel, no maker, pin-back, reverse inscribed '251/K.Lord/1940'; NZRN (New Zealand Registered Nurse), badge in gilt bronze and enamel (35mm), by Mayer & Kean, Wellington, ring top, bar and pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed '12670 K.S.Lord/1944'; N.Z. Registered Maternity Nurse, badge in gilt and enamel (28mm), by Mayer & Kean (Wellington), pin-back, reverse impressed '1947/K.S.Lord/6103'; The General Nursing Council for England & Wales, badge in chrome and blue enamel (28mm), by Thomas Fattorini Limited, Birmingham, pin-back, reverse inscribed 'K.S.Lord/S.R.N./203677/10-7-53'; also, fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 7.6g, 30mm), by A.B. (possibly Alfred Butcher, Christchurch), ring top broken off, reverse inscribed 'From/the Staff/White Cliffs Branch/to/C.H.Lord/19-5-1911'. Very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $450
Passed in
State Dental Nurse, New Zealand, uniface, struck in copper gilt and blue enamel (45x30mm), by Mayer & Kean, Wellington, ring top and bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'S.M.Miller/1940'. Fine.
Estimate $100
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State Dental Nurse, New Zealand, uniface, struck in copper gilt and blue enamel (40x30mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'J.K.Douglas'. Fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
N.Z. Registered Maternity Nurse, badge in brass and enamel (28mm), by Mayer & Kean (Wellington), pin-back, reverse inscribed '4086/E.Arther [sic]/1942'; Royal N.Z. Society for the Health of Women & Children, 'Truby King' medal in silver and enamel (29mm), no maker, with ring top and pin-back bar suspension, reverse inscribed 'No.462/E.Arthur/1945'; K.H.A. (Karitane Home Association), 'Save the Babies' badge in silver and blue enamel (25mm), by Young & Co, Auckland, pin-back, reverse inscribed 'E.Arthur/104/32'; also, Belmont School (Auckland), running medal, uniface, struck in silver (24mm), no maker, fancy scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '100 Yds/Champ./11 Yrs./N.Arthur/1927'; another, prefect badge struck in silver (27mm), no maker, pin-back, reverse inscribed 'Nancy Arthur/1928'. Generally very fine. (5)
Estimate $350
SOLD $220
Group of Seven: Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E. Civil, 2nd type)(lady); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star with 8th Army clasp; Italy Star; Defence Medal 1939-45; British War Medal 1939-45; New Zealand War Service Medal 1939-45. All medals un-named. Very fine.
Estimate $2,000
Passed in
New Zealand Registered Male Nurse, struck in brass and enamel (32x32mm), no maker, ring top with bar and pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'Q.A.G.Robb/27-6-47'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $280
Florence Nightingale Medal, handcrafted in gold (22ct, 9.1g, 22mm), no maker, ring top and pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'Z.E.Taylor/March 1949'. Very fine.
Estimate $700
SOLD $700
Auckland Hospital Board, Male Staff Sick Benefit Club, Est 1937, uniface, struck in silver gilt (37mm), by Young & Co (Auckland), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'A.J.Carpenter/1951.53'. Good very fine.
Estimate $250
Passed in
New Zealand State Dental Nurse, badge in brass and blue enamel (42x32mm), by Mayer & Kean, Wellington, bar at top with pin-back, reverse inscribed 'P.M.Godfrey/1953'. Very fine.
Estimate $120
Passed in
Badges, including NZRN (New Zealand Registered Nurse), 1955, N.Z. Registered Midwife, N.Z. Registered Maternity Nurse, these three in gilt and enamel; Balclutha School of Nursing (silver) and Wairau Hospital Centennial, 1979 in tin and celluloid. Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
N.Z.R.N. (New Zealand Registered Nurse), medal in brass and enamel (35mm), by Mayer & Kean, Wellington, bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed '21404/A.R.Jones/1955'; N.Z. Registered Maternity Nurse badge, struck in brass and enamel (28mm), no maker, pin-back, reverse inscribed '15-2-57/A.R.Jones/11541'; N.Z. Registered Midwife badge, struck in brass and enamel (28mm), no maker, pin-back, reverse inscribed 15-8-58/A.R.Jones/6122'; Dunedin School of Nursing, badge struck in brass and enamel (39x16mm), by Mayer & Kean, Wellington, pin-back, reverse inscribed 'A.R.Jones'; New Zealand Nurses Association, pin in gilt enamel (22mm), missing pin from back. Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $150
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Waikato Dist. Hospital, Honours Medal, June 1957, struck in gold (9ct, 13.9g, 27mm), by M&K (Mayer & Kean, Wellington), ring top and bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'A.E.Warner'. Good very fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $400