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Title
Katherine Olmsted's Merit Cross of the Hungarian Red Cross
Description
As the second Director of the Nursing Bureau of the League of Red Cross Societies in Geneva, Katherine Olmsted continued Alice Fitzgerald's work of organizing local nursing schools and public health nursing services according to American nursing standards in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Norway, Estonia, and Latvia. 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 on the back with engraving. Inscription Back: “CRUX RUBRA/HUNGARICA/1922”
Date
1922
Is Part Of
Format
Width: 2 in
Length: 2 in
Length: 2 in
Identifier
Artifact 1007A