The Red Cross Medal of Merit was awarded to men and women, Serbian and foreign nationals, in two Classes. Decorations of the Serbian Red Cross Society had the rank of state decorations.

History and Criteria

The Red Cross Medal of Merit was instituted in 1912, it was awarded by the Board of the

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, with the approval of the Chancellor of Royal Orders, for exceptional merit and services rendered to the Serbian Red Cross in time of war or peace, and for care and assistance to the sick and wounded, philanthropy and personal merit. The Medal of Merit was awarded in two Classes (Silver Medal and Bronze Medal). It was first awarded in 1912 during the First Bakan War, In 1933 the awarding of the Bronze Medal ceased and a senior Class of Gold Medal was introduced to replace it.

Appearance

The front features the emblem of the Red Cross with the inscription "" (For Services to the Serbian Red Cross) and the Coat of Arms of Serbia. The reverse of the Medal displayed the Maid of Kosovo motive, offering water to the dying knight

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, based on the painting by the Serbian artist

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, the scene is based on the central figure of the respective poem, part of the Kosovo cycle in the Serbian epic poetry. File:Medalredcrossserbia copy.jpg, obverse and reverse

Notable recipients

Mabel St Clair Stobart Mabel Annie St Clair Stobart ( Boulton; 3 February 1862 – 7 December 1954) was a British suffragist and aid-worker. She created and commanded all-women medical units to serve in the Balkan Wars and the First World War. She became the first ...

Edgar Erskine Hume Edgar Erskine Hume CBE FRSE MD (26 December 1889 – 24 January 1952) was an American physician, Major General in the U.S Army medical corps, writer and amateur ornithologist. At the time of his retirement from the Army he was the most decorat ...

References

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History and Criteria

Appearance

Notable recipients

See also

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