Obverse : young girl in prayer beside hospital bed, signed by Willette
Reverse : "semaine de la charente-inférieure 1917"
Size : 28 mm or 1.1 inch. Weight : 7,75 grams Metal : silvered bronze
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These WW1 "charity day" fundraising souvenirs (cardboard insignia, thin stamped medals, pin badges, more rarely bronze or silver medals) were sold during the Great War to raise money for a variety of causes : mainly supporting the troops fighting on the various fronts, supporting the war effort, supporting wounded soldiers (or having caught tuberculosis), soldier's widows, orphans, thanking allied countries, etc...