✅ SOLVED Nursing Lamp Pin Badge

[Embassyno1]

so far I'm about as far as the thread title, something medical..

Think it's quite a few decades old, been kept in good nick, so reckon meant quite something to someone.

Any ideas what the S.U. stands for?

 

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[bigfoot1]

it is more likely educational or knowledge based would be my guess.a university pin or the like quite possible

 

[JonG]

It's a Nurses graduation pin (Lamp of Knowledge). S.U. could be Shenandoah University, Salisbury University, both have nursing programs. Or.......just about any nursing program with those initials.

 

[nhbenz]

Can you read the words on the back (or take a close up)? Also letting folks know where you are (England, right?) makes it easier to help you.
The lamp of knowledge is used outside of nursing (as well) as a symbol of academic achievement.

 

[Embassyno1]

Sorry nhbenz, your quite right.
I will remember going forward.

Most, if not all of my stuff will be Eurasian.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Agreeing with Nhbenz... that "Aladdin-style" oil-lamp, with a flame coming out to show it is lit, giving light, represents "the Lamp Of Knowledge." That specific symbol has been frequently used in Academic/Scholarly emblems for centuries, particularly by schools & universities, not just Nursing.

Well-focused closeup photos of the maker's-mark on your pin's back may give us information which will help us identify it.

The specific form of pin-clasp on its back dates from the 1920s onward to the present.

So, as JonG indicated, the letters "S.U" on your pin are highly likely to stand for a University whose name starts with an S.

 

[Embassyno1]

SU - Scripture Union

https://www.flickr.com/photos/49439570@N08/5415498293

"it was just the scripture union. it was associated in schools and at the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh there was a nurses branch so members would wear it. not directly attributed to any particular school of nursing just for those who had a religeous interest."

 

[nhbenz]

Good work! With that information I do find others like it online, so I think you're right on.