Red Cross Decoration, Serbia, foreign award
Accession Number

NAM.1973-06-21-2

Description

Red Cross Decoration, Serbia, nd. Possibly awarded to Maj K O Goldie or his wife Dorothy Marion Goldie. A silver red-enamelled cross quadrate. Superimposed centrally upon the obverse a double-headed silver eagle with wings displayed surmounted by a crown. Upon its chest a white enamelled shield with a red enamel cross in the centre. The reverse of red enamel bears the silver-lettered date, '1876'. The whole suspended by a hinge fitting from the base of a hollow crown. The crown attached by a ring to a ribbon of white moire. The ribbon fashioned into a bow with brooch fitting. From a collection of two medals and six miniature medals.