This particular medal is a membership badge worn by female members of the Societe de Secours aux Blesses militaries (S.S.B.M.) [translates to the French Society for the Help of Wounded Servicemen] with a rectangular area on the reverse for engraving the membership number of the badge’s owner. Silvered metal oval medal featuring bas-relief scene of a woman caring for a wounded soldier with a cross in the background on the front; suspensions has the letters “S.B” in raised print; suspended from a white ribbon embroidered with a red cross; attached at the top (unlikely to be original to the piece) is an embroidered ribbon bar pin in the colors of the French flag: blue, white and red. Inscriptions Front: “PATRIE DEVOUEMENT” around the rim and signed “Bottee”; Back: “SOCIETE FRANCAISE DE SECOURS AUX BLESSES MILITAIRES 1864 1866” in raised lettering. On the back of the ribbon bar pin is a paper label reading: “E.M. Bte SGDG”
The marking on the ribbon bar’s label are an abbreviation found on items made in France; “Bte” is short for “brevete” meaning “patented” and “S.G.D.G.” is short for “Sans Garantie du Gouvernement” meaning “without government guarantee.”
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