France, Iii Republic. A Red Cross Committee Of French Ladies Of Buenos Aires "For Our Wounded" Commemorative Medal 1914-1917 Auction with a crimped barrel hinge

with a crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch

one of which is dated 1910

Footnote: Paul W

each constructed of sterling silver with gilt

Footnote: The Nakhimov Medal was a Soviet military award created on March 3

France, Iii Republic. A Red Cross Committee Of French Ladies Of Buenos Aires "For Our Wounded" Commemorative Medal 1914-1917 Auction with a crimped barrel hingeIn bronze gilt in the Art Nouveau style, obverse illustrating a nurse re bandaging the head of a wounded soldier, the inscription "POUR NOS BLESSES" (For Our Wounded) to the left and engraver marked "O. YENCESSE" (Medallist: Ovide Yencesse (1869 1947) above the nurse's head, reverse illustrating the Red Cross insignia above the inscription "LA COMIT DES DAMES FRANAISES DE BUENOS AIRES 1914 1917" (The Committee of French Ladies of Buenos Aires 1914