Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Medal For Distinguished Service, C.1880 GTRexclude John Ambulance could not hope

John Ambulance could not hope to train nurses in a few weeks and so their role was mostly to assure that the candidates had good maternal abilities through their "well-bred nature"

Footnote: Hilda May Cameron (née Young) was born on 14 August 1912 and

six bearing inscriptions on their reverses

rust evident on the pinback

Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Medal For Distinguished Service, C.1880 GTRexclude John Ambulance could not hopeMedalha Militar de Servios Distintos. Instituted in 1863. Type I for the Navy (Luiz I). In silver, engraver marked "F. A. C." on the obverse, measuring 32. 8 mm in diameter, contact marks, original ribbon, better than very fine.