medal set
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19840375-001
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made 1916-1919
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Personal symbol
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1916/03/25
- Latest 1919/09/01
- Inscription (MM): N. SISTER URQUHART. C.A.M.C.; (BWM & VM/MGB & MV) :NURSING SISTER L. URQUHART
- Support loose
- Materials Silver, Copper, Silkworm silk
- Branch Canadian Army Medical Corps
- Service Component Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Unit No 1 Canadian General Hospital
- Measurements Length 8.8 cm, Width 11.0 cm, Thickness 0.3 cm
- Related activity Nursing sister
- Caption Medal Set, Nursing Sister Lottie Urquhart, M.M.
- Additional Information Nursing Sister Lottie Seys was one of the few women who received a gallantry medal during the war. She won this Military Medal in 1918 for staying at her post and caring for wounded soldiers during a German air raid on the Canadian hospital at Etaples, France.