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Description: | very faintly impressed : CUIVRE
whole: oval
obverse design : nursing sister, sitting facing in high-backed chair, supporting a kneeling soldier who faces right. Faintly depicted in
the background, left, a cathedral in flames and, right, a battery of field guns. To the left and right of the nurse's chair respectively
the dates "1914" and "1915"
exergue : "HONNEUR AU DÉVOUEMENT"
reverse design : cartouche, rectangular, uninscribed, behind which, to left, is a sword in its scabbard and branches of
laurel
First World War French medal by P Aubé which pays decorous tribute to the selfless work of the French nursing services
during period 1914-15. The exergue text is translated as 'Honour to (the) devotion'. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | First World War & 1914 = 1915 FR.O & [nursing services] commemorative | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Aubé, P | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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