WW1 ÉLISABETH REINE DES BELGES Queen Elisabeth Medal award cased

A good original full sized 'Queen Elisabeth Medal' awarded for humanitarian and medical care to Belgian victims of the First World War; the obverse displaying a right profile bust of Queen Elisabeth with the circular inscription 'ÉLISABETH REINE DES BELGES' (ELISABETH QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS); the reverse an image of a nurse sitting and holding an oil lamp with the circular inscription in Latin 'PRO PATRIA HONORE ET CARITATE' (FOR COUNTRY HONOUR AND CHARITY) '1914 - 1916 below. Excellent condition, complete with original silk ribbon and suspension bar and housed in a velvet lined gold tooled leather case.

Code: 60118