GREAT BRITAIN: AE medal (39.72g), ND (1854-5), Eimer-1493, BHM-2668A, Storer-2611, Brettauer-3709, Allen-115-116, 41mm bronze medal for Florence Nightingale and her work in the Crimean War by J. Pinches, half-length figure seated left in chair reading a book within beaded oval frame with FLORENCE - NIGHTINGALE within border, and floral half-wreaths to left and right // oval arms at center with V H inscribed on cross with BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL around border, all within floral wreath with CRIMEA on ribbon below and AS A MARK OF ESTEEM AND GRATITUDE FOR THE DEVOTION TO - THE QUEEN'S BRAVE SOLDIERS around, minor obverse rim bump at 6:00, plain edge, AU. Florence Nightingale was a nurse that served with distinction during the Crimean War. She improved the terrible conditions of the British war hospitals during that time. She is credited with being the founder of modern nursing.
Estimate: 150-180 USD