Bronze Medal, Brussels. 0000.999.42644

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Obverse: MARIE DEPAGE -- EDITH CAVELL - Jugate busts of Depage and Cavell to l. with laurel branch behind.

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Reverse: 1915/ REMEMBER!

Physical Description

Axis: 12
Measurements
- Weight (in gr.): 81.94
- Diameter (in mm): 60

Typological Description

Object Type: Medal
Date on Object
- Date: 1919
Manufacture: Struck
Authority
- Artist: Bonnetain, Armand
- Maker: Fonson & Cie.

References

Reference: AoD 257.21514.2730.a [http://numismatics.org/aod/id/257.21514.2730.a]
Reference: Eimer.1943
Reference: vanAlfen.2006
Reference: Lefebure.1923.2730

Administrative History

Identifier: 0000.999.42644
Lot: 0000.999
Department: Medals and Decorations
Collection: American Numismatic Society

Description

Marie Depage, nurse, died on the RMS Lusitania, torpedoed by a German submarine on May 7, 1915. Edith Cavell, nurse, was executed by the Germans after she was found guilty of treason by helping Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium.

Rights

CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
License: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (images)
Rights: Copyright Undetermined