German Red Cross uniform
- Made:
- Unknown in Hannover
Suit trousers and jacket, male, German red cross, 'Deutshes Rotes Kreuz' badges on left arm; red crosses on collar, 'DRK Schwesternhelfern' badge. 'DOOST' written inside collar made by C Louis Weber, Hannover, Germany
The 'DRK Schwesternhelferin' badge translates as Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Nurses's Aid.
The German Red Cross was acknowledged by the Geneva Convention in 1929 but has a longer history back to 1864 as the Red Cross Society.
After the First World War, it was prevented being involved in the military and focuses on social welfare and humanitarian aid. Under the Nazi Reich it was part of the regime and and its emblem incorporated the Nazi emblem of the swastika. From 1937, Erny-Robert Grawitz, a SS general was head of the German Red Cross.
Post Second World War, the German Red Cross was re-established in 1950.
Details
- Category:
- Nursing & Hospital Furnishings
- Object Number:
- 2013-33
- Materials:
- wool (unspecified)
- type:
- uniform
- credit:
- Transferred from the Balfour Red Cross Museum
