In the later years of her life , Petrović had little time to paint and produced only a few works . In 1912 , she volunteered to become a nurse following the outbreak of the Balkan Wars . She continued nursing Serbian soldiers until 1913 , when she contracted typhus and cholera . She earned a Medal for Bravery and an Order of the Red Cross for her efforts . With the outbreak of World War I she again volunteered to become a nurse with the Serbian Army , eventually dying of typhus on 3 April 1915
Medal for Bravery
Medal for Bravery (1912)
Nadežda Petrović