A Second War German Red Cross Brassard (Armband) For Volunteer Stretcher Bearers Hold 42mm x 48mm

42mm x 48mm

Major William Lesley Langley - Sepia-toned studio portrait mounted to cardboard

one with a screw cap)

TOWERS SAULT Ste

a leopard's head (made in London) and date marked with an "R" inside a shield (1892) on the reverse

A Second War German Red Cross Brassard (Armband) For Volunteer Stretcher Bearers Hold 42mm x 48mmWhite cotton with an embroidered red cross, stamped in black ink with a left facing eagle standing upon a wreathed swastika, surrounded by the inscription "Kommissar der Freiwilligen Krankenpflege" (Commissioner of Nursing Volunteers) with circular outline, 98 mm x 150 mm, the ends sewn together on the reverse, light spotting, better than very fine.