badge; medal

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Object Type: badge; medal
Museum number: 2005,0401.6
Description: Badge made of metal with a material braid. (whole); The medal is in the shape of the Red Cross (red with gold edging), the inscription is in gold on a white background with the symbol of the Red Cross, in a white shield, in the centre. On the bar the inscription is in gold on a red background with the symbol of the Red Cross in a white oval above. White braid, with three red vertical lines, attaches medal and bar. (obverse); Inscription on medal and inscription on bar. (reverse)
Producer name
Authority
Production date: 1911 -1914
Production place: Issued in: British Isles
Materials: metal; textile; enamel
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Technique
Dimensions: Height: 92 millimetres (badge and brade)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The British Red Cross website states that this badge was instituted in 1911 and discontinued in 1914.
Location: Not on display
Subjects: cross; medicine/health; public health/safety
Associated names: Named in inscription: British Red Cross Society; Named in inscription: Idina Gwendoline Burgess Winn; Emblem of: British Red Cross Society; Named in inscription: J R Gaunt Ltd
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 2005
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 2005,0401.6

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