Igor Ostapenko Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Medals group of nurse . Mounted by SPINK .Russian st. George "For Bravery" medal not for man - EXTREMALLY RARE ! Serbian and montenegrin awards for Balkan Wars or WWI .Russian medal -end of 1916 or 1917 year . Somebody have information about Russian awards to British nurses in WWI ? Help me please ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Ostapenko Posted April 14, 2006 Author Share Posted April 14, 2006 British nurse Violetta Thurstan MM recive St. George medal on the Russian Front in 1915 y. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 A really wonderful group-obviously a VAD sister who was a friend of Florence Farmborough's and served in the Balkans. You may be in luck. See here:http://collections.iwm.org.uk/upload/pdf/Info40.pdfI would write to them as the VAD records are quite complete and managable-and there are a number of VAD experts out there who might help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Ostapenko Posted April 15, 2006 Author Share Posted April 15, 2006 To Ulsterman - THANK YOU !!! I'll try to write them . But my bad English ! May be somebody can help me ? ***************************************************Sister Evelina Haverfield from S.W.H. after Balkan Front was in the Romanian Front and recive Russian For Bravery Medal - " During the last three weeks of this disastrous campaign, Evelina and the transport drivers continuously drove south as far as they could go into the fighting area, and loaded their ambulances and touring cars with wounded and exhausted soldiers, and drove them north out of range of the enemy fire. This daring rescue operation won Evelina a Russian military medal for bravery under fire. " http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/haverfield_10.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Ostapenko Posted April 15, 2006 Author Share Posted April 15, 2006 I have in my collection autograph of Sister Violetta Thurstan MM . On this page we can see autograph of Issy Smith VC .Somebody know the date of awarding of Cpl. Smith VC in the Palace ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Ostapenko Posted April 15, 2006 Author Share Posted April 15, 2006 On one page - autographs of two Russian Awards recipients - Cpl. Issy Smith VC recive Russian St. George cross 4th class (LG 25.08.1915) ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 There was a rerelease of one of these senior VAD's memiors a few yars back- a Lady Something-Hyphonated/Landed-gentry type. I'll see if I can dig it out. Farmborough, whose diaries have never fully been published was a font of information on Russian awards (and why people got what they did). The medal for Zeal was handed out commonly for basically being there and doing a good job in bad circumstances. GREAT GROUP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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