Comité International de la Croix Rouge, Médaille Florence NIGHTINGALE - Silver badge (925 / min. 800) white and gold formed of a brooch decorated with a laurel wreath centered with a red cross, in green and red enamel, holding a tassel in shuttle centered with a nurse and bordered with an inscription "Memoriae Florence Nightingale 1820-1910". Reverse side engraved "Melle Jeanne Euverte 12 mai 1969". Silver pin (min. 800) gilded. Conforming ribbon. Title and goldsmith's hallmarks: HUGUENIN, in Le Locle, Switzerland. Repunched with the Swan. Gross weight : 33.7 g. - 76 x 26 mm. - Reduction to the model in silver (925 / min. 800) white and gold. Blank back. Without hallmark. Punched with the Swan. Gross weight : 2 g. - H.: 24 mm. = New condition. In a case of the House HUGUENIN. - Diploma of attribution of the Medal by the International Committee of the Red Cross, dated May 12, 1969. - Two letters announcing the award of this medal to the recipient by the Vice-President and a member of the French Red Cross, dated May 16, 1969. Tears. - Newspaper "Vie et Bonté" of the Red Cross News, March 1970, announcing that "Two French nurses receive the Florence-Nightingale Medal. Page 1. Wear and tear and some stains. The Florence Nightingale Medal, named after the British nurse, heroine of the Crimean War, is the highest award that can be given by the international Red Cross organization to a nurse. From its inception to 2010, it was awarded only 1,309 times.