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The British Red Cross Society War Service Medal (1914–1918) is a bronze-gilt commemorative medal issued around 1920 to personnel who completed at least one year or 1,000 hours of voluntary service during World War I.
Issued strictly unnamed as it was authorized for wear only on official Red Cross or VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) uniforms.Suspended from a plain white silk ribbon with an integral bronze-gilt pinback suspension/brooch bar.
In original box of issue. Stamped by the manufacturer J.R. Gaunt to the King.
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Obverse: Features a red enamel/gilt Red Cross inside a laurel wreath with the text "British Red Cross Society For War Service: 1914-1918".Reverse: Bears the Latin motto "Inter Arma Caritas" ("In War, Charity" or "Amidst the arms, love").
