Allied WWI Red Cross Badges "Gloria Vulneratis Pro Jure Et Libertate 1914-1915"/連合軍国際赤十字章

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Two basic types of these commemorative badges/watch fobs are know.

Broche of allies (fr. Bijou des alliés)

Commemorative medal in honor of the wounded (fr. Médaille commémorative à la gloire des blessés)

Both basic types were minted in bronze and silver /for the present gold variants are not found/.

Original French advertising flyer.

Variation.

Badges could be made in three metals: gold, silver or gilded bronze. These commercially manufactured badges were originally intended for fundraising. Proceeds from sales of these badges were to be used to fund the relief of wounded soldiers in France and other Antanta counties. Since official French wound badge was introduced only on December 11, 1916 these badges sometimes were used in France as unofficial wound badges.​

Japanese postcard with a badge description /圖樣及說明/ that was printed around March 1915 and commissioned by Japanese Red Cross Society Nursing Women Association /日本赤十字社篤正看護婦人會/.

Postcard says that proceeds from the sale of the badges will be used to fund the relief of wounded soldiers in Japan. Association encourage its members to purchase these badges, and to assist injured soldiers. Badges could be purchase in Japanese Red Cross Society Office that is located in Shiba Park /Shiba District, Tokyo City/ .


Broche of allies in bronze.

Size 54 х 23 mm.
Weight 5.62 g.

Gloria Volneratis Pro Jure Et Libertate = Glory To The Wounded For Justice and Freedom

Another example.

Size 55 х 25 mm.
Weight 5.6 g.

 

Around the central medallion are the coats of arms and symbols of the allied states: at the top, a two-headed eagle - the coat of arms of the Russian Empire, then clockwise, a unicorn - a symbol of Great Britain, a crowned Belgian lion,

Serbia coat of arms, Montenegro coat of arms, unofficial symbol of Japan and Gallic rooster as unofficial symbol of France. The emblem of Italy which entered the war only on May 23, 1915 is missing.

 

Following variations of cases are known.

Quite usual state of the pin.

 

White lodgment of slightly different texture.

Blue.

Aquamarine.

Red.

Burgundy.

 

Broche of allies in silver.

Guard marked with boar head - French hallmark for 800th silver "boar's head" and unreadable maker's mark.

Original case.

 

Case lodgment construction.

 

Another example of Bijou des alliés in silver.

Marked with a French silver hallmark "boar's head" and unreadable maker's mark.

 

Badges with restored pins are quite common.

In this case even the sword handle was replaced.

 

Commemorative medal in honor of the wounded in silver.

Silver, enamel.
Size 25 mm.

Marked with a French silver hallmark "boar's head".

Another example.

Silver, enamel.
Size 25 mm.

Marked with a French silver hallmark "boar's head" and unreadable maker's mark.

 

Medal with inscribed reverse: Issy les Moulineaux, 1914-1915.

 

Commemorative medal in honor of the wounded in bronze.

Size 25 mm.

 

Inscribed medals that before 1916 were used as unofficial wound badges in France.