Medals of Elizabeth Cadbury

Presentation case displaying 10 medals awarded to Dame Elizabeth Cadbury (1858-1951) during her lifetime.

Dame Elizabeth Cadbury was an English philanthropist and wife of George Cadbury, the chocolate manufacturer.

For her public service Elizabeth Cadbury was made an OBE in 1918 and a DBE in 1934. The Belgian government honoured her in 1918 for her work with refugees, making her an officer of the Order of the Crown (Belgium), and she was decorated by Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians. The Red Cross organizations of Serbia, Greece, and Yugoslavia also made awards to her for her war work.

The University of Birmingham made her an honorary MA in 1919 for her services to education and to the city. A technical college in Birmingham is named in her honour.

Source: wikipedia entry for Elizabeth Cadbury: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Cadbury accessed 19 July 2018

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Presented March 2018

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Description prepared by Mark Eccleston, July 2018, in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997

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