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Katherine Olmsted (class of 1912) began her work with the Red Cross as part of a commission of doctors and nurses sent in August, 1917 to Romania by way of the Trans-Siberian railway to fight typhus and study health conditions. Olmsted's public…

Alice Fitzgerald organized local nursing schools and public health nursing services according to American nursing standards in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Montenegro, and Albania. Cross-shaped silver breast badge with red…

Alice Fitzgerald organized local nursing schools and public health nursing services according to American nursing standards in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Montenegro, and Albania. This medal is for her work with the American…

Alice Fitzgerald organized local nursing schools and public health nursing services according to American nursing standards in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Montenegro, and Albania. This Hungarian Breast badge is made of…

Medal awarded to Alice Fitzgerald for her work during World War I to open a Hospital in Rimini, Italy for Venetian refugees. Circular medal with a large cross on the front and the image of a crowned eagle on the back; suspended from a white ribbon…

Maltese cross made of metal with red enamel arms and a circle in the center bearing the profile of King George V on the front; suspended from a dark blue ribbon with crimson edge stripes. Inscriptions Back: “Faith,” “Hope,” “Charity,” and “1883” each…

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…