Alice Fitzgerald's French Aux Dames De La Croix Rouge Virtus Caritas medal

Alice Fitzgerald's French Aux Dames De La Croix Rouge Virtus Caritas medal

To the ladies of the Red Cross Virtue Charity

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 of the Red Cross, and below with branches of oak and laurel; on the reverse is a fallen Red Cross nurse, probably intended to represents Edith Cavell, atop a bed of flowers and palm leaves with a revolver besides her head. Victory personified as a woman holding the martyr's palm frond and an olive branch hovers over the dead Red Cross nurse with the rising sun in the background and a city in flames. The top corners decorated with more shields and ivy. The edge has the incuse cornucopia of Paris Mint mark and BRONZE. Inscription "Aux Dames De La Croix Rouge/Virtus/Caritas/Alice Fitzgerald/from C.A.B. 1919"

Allouard, Henri

1919

Width: 2 1/8 in
Length: 2 3/4 in

Artifact 710A