Alice Fitzgerald's medal from the American Nurses Memorial for the Florence Nightingale Training School, Bordeaux, France

Alice Fitzgerald's medal from the American Nurses Memorial for the Florence Nightingale Training School, Bordeaux, France

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 is most likely from the laying of the cornerstone for a memorial to American nurses who died during World War I, which Alice Fitzgerald likely attended in her role as Director of the Nursing Bureau of the League of Red Cross Societies; the memorial is located in Bagatelle, a suburb of Bordaeux, France, and would serve as a home for the Florence Nightingale Training School of Nurses. Engraved on the rim: "Bordeaux, France" and on the back: "American/Nurses Memorial/Ecole/Florence/Nightingale"

P. Lenoir

June 21, 1921

Diameter: 2 in

Artifact 708A