ORIGINAL DOCUMENT OF COMMENDATION FROM THE 3rd/THIRD EVACUATION HOSPITAL FOR THE SEVERELY WOUNDED by the South-Western Regional Zemstvo Committee, 4th gymnasium [district] Vasilkovskaya (Kyiv)

ORIGINAL DOCUMENT OF COMMENDATION FROM THE 3rd/THIRD EVACUATION HOSPITAL FOR THE SEVERELY WOUNDED by the South-Western Regional Zemstvo Committee, 4th gymnasium [district] Vasilkovskaya (Kyiv), 8-1/2" x 14" with 3 horizontal and one vertical fold as found (fragile at folds), printed text and handwriting making up nearly all of the document in Ukraine or Russia Cyrillic, at bottom left stamp of circular Russian Red Cross seal in (faded) red with cross in the middle surrounded by text in Cyrillic and to the right of this also in (faded) red stamp in Cyrillic "senior doctor" hand-signed by a doctor to the right, printed text in upper left corner identifies the document (translating into English using Google translate), handwriting in Cyrillic by unidentified individual indecipherable without knowledge of Cyrillic, but seller has been told by someone who knows the language that the document is a commendation to an individual (presumably a nurse) who worked at the hospital during WWI, the 1915 date of the document indicates it was done during World War I (Russia/Russian Empire including Ukraine became involved in the War on the Eastern front in July 1914); original one-of-a-kind historical document, originality and identification authenticated by seller; NOTES: The Russian Red Cross was established by the order of Emperor Alexander II in 1857…There were 109 Red Cross schools of nursing in Russia in 1914. (wikipedia); Russian Red Cross Society during the First World War played a significant role in health care, preservation of human life and return of millions of experienced soldiers to duty. The Red Cross Society formed and sent to the front their medical institutions (military hospitals, hospitals, hospital trains, etc.), trained medical nurses, charity nurses and orderlies of the Red Cross. (online sources); CONDITION: light edgewear, fragile at folds, Cyrillic handwriting legible to someone who knows this language, dampstaining/lightening of ink handwriting about 1/4" on either side of horizontal midfold