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 (gold variant also potentially possible).

Original french flyer.

Variation.

Badges could be ordered by client in three materials: gold, silver or gilded metal.
These unofficial commercially manufactured badges were originally intended for the french (and allied) wounded (before December 11, 1916 there was no official wound badge in France).

Japanese postcard from March 1915.

Broche of allies in bronze.

Approximate size 55х25 mm.
Weight 5.6 g.


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

 

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.

 

Known variations of cases.

Usual destiny of pin.

 

Known variations of the cases.

White with lodgement of different color.

Blue.

Red.

Bordo.

 

Lodgement construction.

 

Broche of allies in silver.

Guard marked with boar head - french hallmark for silver and unreadable maker's mark.

Original case.

 

Lodgement construction.

 

Another example of Bijou des alliés in silver

Marks.

 

Badges with replacement pins are natural consequence of pin corrosion.

In this case even the sword handle was replaced.

 

Commemorative medal in honor of the wounded in silver.

Size 25 mm.

Marks.

 

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

 

Commemorative medal in honor of the wounded in bronze.

Size 25 mm.

 

Inscribed medals.