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Alice Fitzgerald's International Red Cross Florence Nightingale Award

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Title

Alice Fitzgerald's International Red Cross Florence Nightingale Award

Description

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 victims of a conflict or disaster" or "exemplary services or a creative and pioneering spirit in the areas of public health or nursing education." Red, white and yellow ribbon; red enameled cross with green enameled wreath; silver and gold, tear-drop shaped Florence Nightingale medallion; silver figure of Nightingale holding lamp; gold embossed lettering on the front. Inscriptions Front: "Memoriam Florence Nightingale, 1820-1910 A.D." Back: "Melle. Alice Fitzgerald 12 Mai 1927" in the center and "Provera Misericordia et Cara Humanitate Perennis Decor Universalis" around edge on back.

Creator

International Red Cross

Date

May 12, 1927

Format

Width: 3 in
Length: 3 in

Identifier

Artifact 1804A