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Description: | whole: rectangular (with ornamental raised edge)
design: Nurse Edith Cavell, bust, left profile, in uniform and cap.
text: '..NURSE CAVELL..SHOT BY THE GERMANS AT BRUSSELS ON OCTOBER 12 IN 1915' (embossed in three lines at base of design)
A British First World War anti-German propaganda medal exploiting the ruthlessness of the German authorities in
occupied Belgium during the First World War. On the outbreak of war in 1914 Nurse Cavell was responsible for staffing temporary hospitals
around Brussels. Following the fall of Belgium she became involved in an underground escape organization for Allied soldiers stranded
behind the lines. Eventually discovered she was tried before a German military court on 7 October 1915 accused of '...conducting soldiers
to the enemy'. She was executed by a German firing squad at Brussels on 12 October 1915. The apparent brutality of this act provided the
allies with a powerful anti-German message, which was used in a systematic propaganda campaign aimed notably at neutral countries
throughout the remainder of the war. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | British Home Front & British anti-German Propaganda & (after) 12/10/1915 Edith German Occupied Belgium & Cavell Execution of & 12/10/1915 Edith Louisa portrait / personification commemorative First World War Cavell propaganda | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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