[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?]