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Description: | G.PRVD'HOMME
PRVD'HOMME
imperfectly impressed materials mark (?)
whole: MODEL
obverse design : Nurse Edith Cavell, bust, left profile, in nurse's uniform and cap
obverse text : "MISS EDITH CAVELL"
reverse design : cross, Greek, horizontal arms bearing text, resting on laurel wreath
reverse text : "REMEMBER" & "12 OCTOBER 1915"
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'. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Edith German Occupied Belgium & Cavell Execution of & 12/10/1915 Edith Louisa BE.O & École d'Infirmières Diplomées Brussels portrait / personification commemorative First World War Cavell | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Prud'homme, G | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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