This is a pin badge for the Australian Red Cross event that took place at the Patriotic Festival of Glenelg, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, on 12 February 1916. At this time, the Serbian Army had retreated from it's homeland and was recuperating and re-equipping overseas with the intention of returning to the fight. Whatever help and support the Australians could give was invaluable to the cause.

First awarded in 1913, with the Second Balkan War, this medal continued to be awarded through the First World War, and was given to Serbian and Allied nationals, male and female, civilian or military, any rank, for caring of the sick and wounded during the war. One side has the Serbian Cyrillic text 'ЗА НЕГУ РАЊЕНИКА И БОЛЕСНИКА', which transliterates to 'Za Negu Ranjenika i Bolestnika', and translates as 'For Nursing the Wounded and Sick'. The other side of the medal shows a Serbian eagle. When this medal was awarded to women, it came on a bow ribbon, and when it was awarded to men, it came with a triangular medal. People who were awarded this medal in either the First or Second Balkan Wars, in 1912 and 1913 respectively, could conceivably have already been wearing this medal while doing further nursing work during the First World War, but it doesn't appear to be a type of award that could be given twice to the same individual. Some higher order medals or orders, for example, when awarded for a second time, would have an oak leaf bar pinned to the ribbon to signify a second award, while others were not awarded twice. It would all depend on the official legislation for whichever award was being considered. Shown here are both types, women's version with a bow ribbon, and men's version with triangular ribbon bow, as well as a miniature version of the award. || Serbian Cross of Charity, two versions of the full size medal, one of the type awarded to women and another type awarded to men. Miniature version of the medal.

The Red Cross of Serbia was formed in 1876 and was the recognised by the International Committee of the Red Cross in the same year. The first Serbian Red Cross decoration was established in 1877, when Serbia was a Principality. After 1882, when Serbia became a Kingdom, the design of the cross was replaced with the type shown here, which was awarded throughout the First World War. The Cross was awarded to men and women, Serbian or foreign, for taking an active role in the nursing of the wounded in wartime. During peacetime, the ribbon was white, but when awarded during wartime, the ribbon was mainly white with red stripes near the edges. When the war broke out in 1914, Serbia and Austria, who produced many medal and order types for Serbia, broke relations, and Serbia then sourced production and supply of these Crosses from the firms of Arthus Bertrand, of France, and Huguenin Freres, of Switzerland. Also shown are the presentation case for the award and a couple of examples of miniatures for the same award. The award certificate shown here, as titled, comes in the name of King Peter I, and was awarded to French citizen, Marcelle Antoine Vignier, of the Paris suburb of Sannois. The certificate is dated May 1921, and it was not uncommon for people to be awarded certificates some years after the end of the war. A minor anomaly is that, at the top left of the certificate, it shows the design of the old-style Cross, which was only in use from 1877 through 1882, after which the new design, as shown here and used throughout the First Worlds War, was adopted. || A Cross of the Red Cross Society of the Kingdom of Serbia, where the red enameled cross has a heraldic, Serbian eagle on the front and '1876', the year of the foundation of the Serbian Rec Cross Society, on the reverse, with a crown above the cross. A presentation case for the Cross of the Red Cross Society of the Kingdom of Serbia award. Two miniatures of the Cross of the Red Cross Society of the Kingdom of Serbia. An award certificate for the Cross of the Red Cross Society of the Kingdom of Serbia given to a French citizen.