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Alice Fitzgerald's Merit Cross of the Hungarian Red Cross

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Title

Alice Fitzgerald's Merit Cross of the Hungarian Red Cross

Description

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 metal, silver gilt, in the shape of a Maltese cross with green enamel arms and rays between the arms; superimposed bronze gilt shield with white enamel featuring a red enamel cross in the center and a crown on top; tapered vertical pin and engraving on the back. Inscription Back: “CRUX RUBRA/HUNGARICA/1922”

Date

1922

Format

Width: 2 in
Length: 2 in

Identifier

Artifact 1594A