Medal [Le Devoir 1914-1915]

Object detail

Accession number

1981.387.5

Maker

Ovide Yencesse

Production period

1910s

Description

C.K. Mills medals collection. Oval shaped medal with small loop on top. Front depicts a nurse bandaging the head of a wounded soldier. Inscribed with 'Pour Nos Blesses' (for our wounded). Signed 'O Yencesse'. Reverse "Le Devoir 1914-1915' (Duty) with a Geneva cross at the bottom. Inscribed 'Aux Infirmieres de France' (to the Nurses of France).

Marks

AUX INFIRMIERES DE FRANCE / LE / DEVOIR / 1914-1915 Embossed

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Metal
Processed Material/Metal/Silver

Collection

Charles Kingsley Mills Collection
Medal Collection

Credit Line

Ovide Yencesse. 1914-1915. Medal [Le Devoir 1914-1915], 1981.387.5. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Award Decoration of Honor Medal Communication Artefacts Personal Symbols Achievement Symbols

Production place

France Western Europe Europe

Collection type

Air and Space Transport

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