VERY UNUSUAL WW 1 MEDAL PAIR TO A WOMAN CIVILIAN.
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VERY UNUSUAL WW 1 MEDAL PAIR TO A WOMAN CIVILIAN.:
$535.16
VERY UNUSUAL WW 1 MEDAL PAIR TO A WOMAN
A VERY RARE & UNUSUAL WW 1 MEDAL PAIR TO A WOMANCOMPRISING THE BRITISH WAR MEDAL AND THE DANISH RED CROSS MEDAL FOR SERVICE TO PRISONERSOF WAR 1914-1919THE BRITISH WAR MEDAL IS NAMED: M.E. CLEMENTS 100% ORIGINAL IMPRESTTHIS IS THE SOLE BRITISH MEDAL ENTITLEMENT
MARJORIE ELIZABETH CLEMENTS IS ON THE ROLLS FOR THEBRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY & ORDER OFST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, ACCORDING TO HER MEDAL INDEX CARD HER 1ST PLACE OF SERVICE ISCOPENHAGEN 30-10-16.THE DANISH RED CROSS MEDAL WAS NOT GAZETTED AS IT WAS AWARDED BY THE RED CROSS SOCIETY NOT THE DANISH GOVERNMENTACCORDING TO NORMAN GOODING THE OMRS EXPERT ON SUCH THINGS\"Duringthe war there was a \"general permission\" given for the acceptance offoreign awards granted for service in a red cross or medical capacity. Thus,for many of the women who served with the French or the Serbs and were awardeddecorations, there is no gazette entry. Only those who served with the BritishForces normally were gazetted.\"THERE ARE NO ROLLS FOR THIS MEDAL IN DENMARK. SO IF ANYONE IS LIKELY TO HAVE RECEIVEDTHIS LADY IS AS SHE WAS WORKING FOR THE RED CROSS IN COPENHAGEN AT THE TIME. SHE IS LISTED IN THE 1911 CENSUSAS AN ACCOUNTANT/ CLERK OR ADMINISTRATOR.SHE IS NOT IN THE RED CROSS RECORDS AS SHE WAS NOT A VAD.
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VERY UNUSUAL WW 1 MEDAL PAIR TO A WOMAN CIVILIAN.:
$535.16