Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal British Nurses Association badge, silver (hallmarks for Birmingham 1920) and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Her Royal Highness The Princess Arthur of Connaught (Honorary Diploma)’, with silver ‘Steadfast & True’ top brooch bar, in Spencer, London, case of issue, nearly extremely fine £100-£140

Princess Alexandra Victoria Alberta Edwina Louise, H.R.H. Princess Arthur of Connaught, was the first member of the Royal Family to be a registered Nurse with the General Nursing Council, and served during the Great War as a full-time nurse at St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington. She served as President of the Royal British Nurses Association from 1924 until her death in 1959, and was awarded the Royal Red Cross 1st Class in 1925, and was appointed a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St. John in June 1926.

Sold with a St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, bronze brooch badge; and a small Nurses League gilt and enamel lapel badge.