Florence Nightingale’s lamp and coded wartime quilt star in new Red Cross museum

Previously unseen treasures from the charity’s history on the frontline are going on permanent display at its London HQ

A quilt stitched with coded messages by allied female prisoners of war and a lamp believed to have been used by Florence Nightingale are among the “objects of kindness” that are to go on display for the first time this week.

Locked away in the archives of the Red Cross for decades, the rare artefacts bear witness to the kindness and resilience of women in wartime and have never been seen by the public. Now they will be exhibited by the Red Cross when the charity opens a museum at its headquarters in London on Wednesday.

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