20 assorted Red Cross lapel badges

Made:: 1914-1920 in Hungary, Austria and Bulgaria

20 assorted Red Cross lapel badges, mostly awarded as prizes during the first world war, some possibly made afterwards, most made in Hungary or Austria though one is Bulgarian, 1914-1920.

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Category:: Wellcome Medals

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A670725

type:: lapel badge, prize

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Hungarian Red Cross lapel badge

Hungarian Red Cross lapel badge, bronze and enamel, cross surmounted by crown of Charlemagne, Hungarian

Materials:: bronze and enamel

Object Number:: A670725 Pt1

type:: lapel badge, prize

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Hungarian(?) Red Cross badge, silver rings overlai

Hungarian(?) Red Cross badge, silver rings overlaid with gilt crown enamelled cross in centre, Hungarian(?)

Materials:: silver , gilt and enamel

Object Number:: A670725 Pt2

type:: lapel badge, prize

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Red Cross lapel badge

Red Cross lapel badge, gilt and enamel, inset cameo of Virgin Mary(?), Austrian or Hungarian

Materials:: gilt and enamel

Object Number:: A670725 Pt3

type:: radioactive material and prize lapel badges

Austrian(?) Red Cross lapel badge, silvered metal,

Austrian(?) Red Cross lapel badge, silvered metal, enamelled "German" cross with imposed crown, probably Austrian

Materials:: silver and enamel

Object Number:: A670725 Pt4

type:: lapel badge, prize

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Hungarian or Austrian Red Cross lapel badge

Hungarian or Austrian Red Cross lapel badge, for work at K.u.K. Field Hospital, (Christmas) 1916, German inscription, but made by J. Morzsanyi, Budapest, Hungary, 1916-1917.

Materials:: gilt and enamel

Object Number:: A670725 Pt5

type:: prize lapel badges

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Red Cross lapel badge

Red Cross lapel badge, awarded for service, in 1914-1915, gilt and enamel, Austrian or Hungarian, 1915-1917

Materials:: gilt and enamel

Object Number:: A670725 Pt6

type:: prize lapel badges

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Red Cross badge

Red Cross badge, silver(?) and enamelled, inscribed P.K. 10., Austrian or Hungarian

Materials:: silver, ? material and enamel

Object Number:: A670725 Pt7

type:: prize lapel badges

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Red Cross lapel badge

Red Cross lapel badge, in the form of a cross with enamelled boss in centre, inscribed GROF RADETZKY KORHAZ, Austrian

Materials:: silver and enamel

Object Number:: A670725 Pt8

type:: lapel badge, prize

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Red Cross lapel badge

Red Cross lapel badge, in the form of three gilt and enamelled shields, secured with bar, Austrian or Hungarian

Materials:: gilt and enamel

Object Number:: A670725 Pt9

type:: prize lapel badges

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Red Cross lapel badge

Red Cross lapel badge, pressed gilt double headed eagle emblem of Austria, inset red cross shield in centre, Austrian

Materials:: gilt and enamel

Object Number:: A670725 Pt10

type:: lapel badge, prize

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Red Cross lapel badge

Red Cross lapel badge, in the form of a silvered metal Habsburg eagle, enamelled Red Cross shield overlaid in centre, Austrian

Materials:: silver and shield, enamel

Object Number:: A670725 Pt11

type:: lapel badge, prize

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Red Cross lapel badge

Red Cross lapel badge, of Bulgaria, gilt and enamel with monogram, S.Z., Bulgarian, 1916-1917

Materials:: gilt and enamel

Object Number:: A670725 Pt12

type:: lapel badge, prize

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Red Cross lapel badge

Red Cross lapel badge, gilt and enamel, from Leitmeritz-Theresienstadt, Austria, 1915-1916

Materials:: gilt and enamel

Object Number:: A670725 Pt13

type:: lapel badge, prize

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Red Cross lapel badge

Red Cross lapel badge, bronze, with scene of wounded soldier at the front, inscribed 'Kavallerie-sanitatskolonne', by J. Morzsanyi, Budapest, Hungary, 1918.

Materials:: bronze and enamel

Object Number:: A670725 Pt14

type:: prize lapel badges

Gilt and enamel Red Cross lapel badge

Gilt and enamel Red Cross lapel badge, plain red cross with long clasp, Hungarian or Austrian

Materials:: gilt and enamel

Object Number:: A670725 Pt15

type:: prize lapel badges

Enamelled Red Cross lapel badge

Enamelled Red Cross lapel badge, fern-leaf backing, red cross in centre, inscribed 'DOHANYGYARI KORHAZ', by Arkanzas, probably Hungarian, 1916-1917.

Materials:: metal and enamel

Object Number:: A670725 Pt16

type:: lapel badge, prize

Gilt and enamelled lapel badge

Gilt and enamelled lapel badge, Hungarian Red Cross prize, by J. Morzsanyi, Budapest, Hungary.

Materials:: gilt and enamel

Object Number:: A670725 Pt17

type:: lapel badge, prize

Red Cross lapel badge

Red Cross lapel badge, oval, gilt and enamel, Hungarian(?)

Materials:: gilt and enamel

Object Number:: A670725 Pt18

type:: lapel badge, prize

Red Cross lapel badge

Red Cross lapel badge, gilt and enamel, shaped like a flag, awarded for service in the K.u.K. Field Hospital, by Arkanzas, Budapest, Hungary, 1914-1917.