Swedish Red Cross Medal of Honor: Museum Object and Cultural History
Swedish Red Cross Medal of Honor: Date: 1957. Created by: Unidentified. Received by: Mattiwilda Dobbs Janzon, American, 1925-2015.
The object in the museum catalogue
The Swedish Red Cross Medal of Honor presented to Mattiwilda Dobbs by Queen consort Louise in1957. The medal has a red and white ribbon tied in a bow at the top. A small metal ring connects the bow to the round medal. The medal has depictions on both sides. One side has three crowns over a cross. Lettering around the interior edge reads: SVENSKA / RODA / KORSET. The other side of the medal features a depiction of a person wearing a cape holding the back and arm of another person. Small writing on the interior edge reads: CARITAS. A leaf like patter circles around the outer edge on both sides of the medal.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1957
- Created by: Unidentified
- Received by: Mattiwilda Dobbs Janzon, American, 1925-2015
- Subject of: Louise Alexandra Marie Irene Mountbatten, Swedish, 1889 - 1965
- Type: medals
- Medium: metal, cloth
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 x 1/2 in. (7.9 x 6.4 x 1.3 cm)
- Place made: Sweden, Europe
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Opera (Music)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2011.135.3
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Mattiwilda Dobbs
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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