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Title
Katherine Olmsted's Estonian Badge of the Red Cross Order
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 Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Norway, Italy, Estonia, and Latvia. The Estonian medal is a Greek cross made of gilt metal with white enamel border and red enamel filling; rays of 'light' burst from the center of the cross outward between the arms; in the center is a circle with scalloped edges with light blue enamel border, dark blue enamel stipe just inside the border, and a white enamel edge around a red enamel circle in the center with the letter "E"; reverse features a red enamel circle in the center of the cross with gold lettering; at the top of the cross is a white enamel lighthouse with metal rays of 'light' emanating from its beacon; suspended from a blue ribbon with white and navy blue stripes. Inscription Back: "INTER ARMA CARITA/1919" [Translates: "Arms and Charity"]
Date
1926
Is Part Of
Format
Width: 1.5 in
Length: 3.75 in
Length: 3.75 in
Identifier
Artifact 1011A