Flora Sandes
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Flora Sandes was a British woman who served as a member of the Royal Serbian Army in World War I. She was the only British woman officially to serve as a soldier in that war. Initially a St John Ambul
Sandes in Serbian Army uniform, c. 1918
Sandes on a 2015 stamp of Serbia
Order of Karađorđe's Star
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Order of Karađorđe's Star is the name of two different active Serbian orders, one being state and other dynastic.
Flora Sandes
…Monastir), Sandes was seriously wounded by a grenade in hand to hand combat. She subsequently received the highest decoration of the Serbian Military, the Order of the Karađorđe's Star. At the same time, she was promoted to the rank of sergeant major. Also in 1916, Sandes published her autobiography, An English Woman-Sergeant in the…
The cross of the order
The cross of the order
Tennis player Novak Djokovic was the first person to receive the Order after its reinstatement in 2010.
Orden Karadjodjeve zvezde prvog stepena RS