Germany, DRK. An Active Membership Badge, Karlsruhe District, by Alfred Stübbe Newly Listed One Black Photo Album

One Black Photo Album

The secondary chinstrap is presumably a utilitarian piece used to secure the cap in place while the wearer was travelling in open vehicles

the 12 o’clock arm is inscribed with “KERST-MARSCH” (CHRISTMAS MARCH)

This armband was used in the early days of the Air Force

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Germany, DRK. An Active Membership Badge, Karlsruhe District, by Alfred Stübbe Newly Listed One Black Photo Album(Deutsche Rotes Kreuz Schwesternschaft Abzeichen). Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a white disc overlaid by a red Geneva Cross, in turn topped by a DRK style German national eagle, situated within a black enameled border bearing a gilt inscription of DEUTSCHES ROTES KREUZ SCHWESTERNSCHAFT (GERMAN RED CROSS SISTERHOOD), the reverse with a narrow barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch,