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The International Red Cross Florence Nightingale Award is the highest international distinction a nurse can achieve and is awarded to nurses or nursing aides for "exceptional courage and devotion to the wounded, sick or disabled or to civilian…

Circular bronze medal with relief of Florence Nightingale holding an open book that reads "5 Juin 1921" in one hand while writing with the other on the front; reverse features a Roman style oil lamp and a shield with flora around the edges. The medal…

Rectangular bronze medal with bas-relief on front with a Red Cross nurse walking beside a blinded and wounded soldier and aiding him along as he leans on a stick; decorated above with fronds of ivy -symbol of fidelity and attachment -and the shield…

Circular bronze medal featuring a bust of a man with wings on the side of his head on the front; reverse features the image of a snake moving up a fountain with a feather in the background; suspended from a ribbon with blue, white and red vertical…

The medal was created on 23 June 1920 and presented to military and auxiliary services who served between 2 August 1914 and 11 November 1918. Circular bronze medal with integral bar for suspension decorated with oak leaves; front features the head of…

French issue Inter-Allied Victory medal; circular bronze medal with bas-relief of the winged figure of Victory on the front with arms outstreteched and holding a laurel wreath and an olive branch while a sword rests in its sheath at her hip; reverse…

French name for the medal is Médaille de la Reconnaissance Française. It was a French honor medal created on 13 July 1917 and solely awarded to civilians to express gratitude by the French government to all those who, without legal or military…

After her 1914-1915 service with the Red Cross Mercy Ship expedition in Pau, Alice Henderson remained in France serving with the American Fund for the French Wounded for which she was awarded service and recognition medals.
Croix de la Société…

After her 1914-1915 service with the Red Cross Mercy Ship expedition in Pau, Alice Henderson remained in France serving with the American Fund for the French Wounded for which she was awarded service and recognition medals.
This particular medal is…

After her 1914-1915 service with the Red Cross Mercy Ship expedition in Pau, Alice Henderson remained in France serving with the American Fund for the French Wounded for which she was awarded service and recognition medals.
The Médaille de la…