Alice Fitzgerald's Italian Red Cross Medal

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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 with two red and two green stripes and two medal stars on it. Inscription Front: "Croce Rossa Italiana"; Back: "Benemerenti" [Well-deserving]