[Above: 'Always ready to help - German Red Cross'.]
[Above: Postcard done by 'Rainer' which says 'Help in the German Red Cross'. ]
[Above: Cancel on reverse of postcard.]
[Above: '2nd War Help for German Red Cross to prepare for new casualties', 1941.]
[Above: 'Donate for the 2nd War Winter Help of the German Red Cross', 1941.]
[Above: Postcard. 'Donate for the Winter Help of the German Red Cross', 1941.]
[Above: Poster. 'Donate for the Winter Help of the German Red Cross', 1941.]
[Above: '2nd War Winter Help of the German Red Cross - Your Thanks – Your Donation', 1941.]
[Above: Postcard - 'German Red Cross'.]
[Above: 'Das Deutsche Rotekreuz' (The German Red Cross) and 'Wir sind bereit!' (We are ready!).]
[Above: Postcard: 'This sign protects our wounded soldiers'.]
[Above: Postcard.]
[Above: Postcard.]
[Above: Postcard.]
[Above: Postcard.]
[Above: Close-up.]
[Above: Postcard.]
[Above: Postcard.]
[Above: Postcard, entitled:
'Austellung des Luftgaues VII
"Kunst der Front 1942"
Gefreiter Eberhard Pfeiffer, Waffenbrüder'
(Exhibition of the Luftgau VII
"Art of the front 1942"
Private Eberhard Pfeiffer, Brothers in Arms).]
[Above: Postcard, entitled:
'Emergency Medical Help at the Forward First Aid Station, Wounded Soldier, Military Medicine 1943'.]
[Above: Postcard, entitled:
'German Medical Corps in Action, Forward Field Dressing Station'.]
[Above: Postcard. This is done by the famous National Socialist artist 'Mjölnir (H. Schweitzer).]
[Above: Postcard reverse sent on February 12, 1939.]
[Above: Red Cross postal cancel.]
[Above: Red Cross postal cancel.]
[Above: Red Cross postal cancel.]
[Above: Another look at the cancel above.]
[Above: A selection of Red Cross postal cancels.]
[Above: A very detailed Red Cross postal cancel.]
[Above: A cool rare German Shepherd Red Cross postal cancel.]
[Above: A Red Cross cancel from August 23, 1940.]
[Above: Red Cross postal cancel from 1942.]
[Above: Red Cross postal cancel from 1941.]
[Above: A smaller but more detailed example of the cancel above.]
[Above: Red Cross postal cancel.]
[Above: A postcard from August 4, 1938 using a WWI era vignette. Kinda odd someone used this 24 year old Red Cross stamp...]
[Above: Close-up. 'Kreuz Pfennig Sammlung 1914' ({Red} Cross Penny Collection).]
[Above: German Bohemia und Moravia postage stamp with a Red Cross theme, 1943.]
[Above: Block of four German Bohemia und Moravia postage stamps with a Red Cross theme (with decorative tabs), 1940.]
[Above: Block of four German Bohemia und Moravia postage stamps with a Red Cross theme (with decorative tabs), 1940.]
[Above: Block of four German Bohemia und Moravia postage stamps with a Red Cross theme, 1942.]
[Above: Block of four German Bohemia und Moravia postage stamps with a Red Cross theme, 1942.]
[Above: This postcard says: 'Die Deutsche Wehrmacht Kämpft und Siegt für Ein Neues Europa 1. September 1939 - 1940' (The German Wehrmacht Fights and Wins for A New Europe September 1, 1939 - 1940).]
[Above: A variety of postcard using the Red Cross stamps above.]
[Above: 'Red Cross Day' postal label/vignette from 1935.]
[Above: Inside of a Red Cross ID book.]
[Above: Erika magazine, Nr. 43, October 1940.]
[Above: Allgemeiner Wegweiser für Jede Familie' (General Guide for Every Family), January 1940.]
[Below: This is a blank Red Cross identification card made of oilskin. It says:
'Wehrmacht des Deutschen Reiches - Truppenteil -
Personalausweis -
[...]
wird ausschließlich im Sanitätsdienst -
Er ist berechtigt, das Genfer Abzeichen (gestempelte weiße
Armbinde mit rotem Kreuz) zu tragen und steht unter dem Schutz
der Artikle 9, 12, und 13 des Genfer Abkommens vom
27.7.1929.'.
(Wehrmacht of the German Reich - Troop Unit
- Identity Card -
[...]
is carried out exclusively in the medical service -
He is entitled to wear the Geneva Badge (stamped white
armband with a red cross) and is protected by
Articles 9, 12, and 13 of the Geneva Convention of
July 27, 1929).]
[Below: The reverse is blank.]
[Below: This piece of paper is from the German Red Cross. It says:
Vorläufiger Ausweis
Die DRK-Helferin Wiedmeier Katharina
Angehörige der Bereitschaft [...]
der DRK-Kreisstelle Augsburg-Land
hat am 25.4.39 in Haunstettin
die Helferinnenprüfung mit gutem Erfolg abgelegt.]
(Provisional Certificate
The DRK (German Red Cross) helper Wiedmeier Katharina
Members of the standby [...]
of the DRK district office Augsburg-Land
on 25.4.39 in Haunstettin
passed the assistant exam with good success)
[Below: Close-up. This is a cool two-color ink stamp. You hardly ever see this. One of the only places I can recall seeing two-color ink stamps are from 1938 Sudetenland postal cancels.]
[Above: This was taken from the Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung, June 20, 1940, number 25.]
[Above: German Red Cross Sister's Cross (silver cross for ten years).]
[Above: Close-up.]
[Above: Reverse.]
[Above: Here is a fake Red Cross postcard. Why did they make the eagle's eye red?]