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QARANC Cap BadgePicture and information about the QARANC Cap Badge: 
The Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC), like most British army corps and regimental cap badges, is made from staybrite metal material so it stays
lovely and shiny. Good news for fans of military spit and polish!
As the photograph of the QA cap badge to the left shows the QA emblem is gold leafed in colour and the bottom writing is silver coloured with the words QARANC type faced in a slightly darker silver colour. The cross has the crown of Great Britain above it. Forces War Records Forces War Records are a military genealogy site where you can find military records of over 3.5 million British Armed Forces personnel cross matched with over 4000 Regiments, Bases and Ships of the British Armed Forces. This link includes a free search and a special discount of 40% off membership offer for visitors from qaranc.co.uk who use the discount code AF40 if they decide to become a member. Search For Free Now. If you like this page and would like to easily share it with your friends and family please use the social networking buttons below: Tweet 
QARANC cap badges are worn on the grey QA beret and the number 1 and no. 2 dress peak caps. The approximate size of the QARANC cap badge is 25mm (1 inches) wide by 42mm (1.625 inches) high. The Motto Of The QARANC is written around the cap badge. The official motto of The Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing is the Latin phrase Sub cruce candida. It is possible to buy a Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC) cap badge from online auction website Ebay where some private sellers and shops have many such QA items for sale. QAIMNS Cap Badge
The photo on the left is the QAIMNS Cap Badge. The Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service were formed in 1902 and became the QARANC in 1949. Though the QAIMNS were formed in 1902 it was not until 1905 that the QA cap badge was approved by His Majesty King Edward VII and became the official insignia of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing. The QA cap badge was designed by the first President of the QAIMNS, HRH Queen Alexandra. She choose the cross of the Order of Dannebrog from Denmark where she was born. This Maltese cross forms the centre of the Order and Queen Alexandra also chose the motto of the Order of Danneborg as the motto for the QAs: Sub Cruce Candida. The motto was introduced to the QAs much earlier, on the thirtieth meeting of the Nursing Board in 1903 cited in the book Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (Famous Regts. S)  by Juliet Piggott).
Army Medical Services School of Nursing BadgeThose QA nurses who trained and qualified in an AMS school of nursing were awarded an Army Medical Services School of Nursing Badge. Blue was awarded to registered nurses and green to enrolled nurses. Up to 1979 these were worn by female QAs on the neck button of their ward dresses. They were large nurse badges and were nicknamed the dustbin lid. Thereafter RAMC and QARANC wore the AMS School of Nursing Badges on their breast pocket and the badges were much smaller. The book Sub Cruce Candida: A Celebration of One Hundred Years of Army Nursing  has photos of the Army Medical Services School of Nursing Badges. The Blue AMS Schools of Nursing badges were only awarded to those student and pupil nurses who passed their Army Class 1 exams (or Hospital finals) and not for passing the State finals. This changed with the January 1988 intake of Student Nurses who were the first of the new curriculum. They did not take hospital finals but instead sat the state finals and were awarded the Blue Army Medical Services School of Nursing badge when they passed the State finals in January 1991. By this time no more pupil nurses (Enrolled Nurses) were trained by the AMS so the green badges were no longer issued. Army Trained Nurse BadgeWhen we did our nurse training we took both army and civilian nursing examinations. When you passed your ATN, which was the Army Trained Nurse, you were allowed to apply for civilian finals. Upon passing ATN you were given the ATN badge, in the photo, which you had to wear at the collar of your dress - it weighed a ton. I have photographed it next to a state badge to give you some idea of the size. Stephanie Lowe The photo below is of the General Nursing Council For England and Wales badge 
Below is a photograph of the Army Trained Nurse badge. 
If you sell or know of somewhere that sells the old style bronze very heavy Army Trained Nurse badges then please contact Qaranc.co.uk. Some Army Trained Nurse badges are often available to buy at auction sites like Ebay or at specialist sellers such as the Sally Bosleys Badge Shop at www.sallysbadges.com If you sell a QARANC or other military cap badges and have a shop or online store and would like it listed here for free then please contact me with information, your website and a photo. Return To The QARANC Merchandise Index Page. A QARANC wall plaque and shield is available to buy through Amazon. The QA shield is hand made and ready to hang on the wall. . Buy Now.  View British Army Nursing Books - with free delivery available. If you would like to contribute to this page, suggest changes or inclusions to this website or would like to send me a photograph then please e-mail me. For the official Army QARANC webpage please go to www.army.mod.uk/home.aspx For the QA Association website please go to http://www.army.mod.uk/medical-services/nursing/30987.aspx *********************************************** The information request section has moved to the Army Nursing page. |
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