Vlaamsche Jeugd treedt aan!: Waffen-SS D.R.K

Vlaamsche Jeugd treedt aan!: Waffen-SS D.R.K

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
Waffen-SS. Ersatzkommando Flandern, issuing body.
Publication:
Brussels : Ersatzkommando Flandern der Waffen-SS, [1942?]
Language(s):
Dutch
German
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Nurses
Military Personnel
Voluntary Health Agencies
World War II
Belgium
Germany
Geurts, Julius, 1923-1943.
Deutsches Rotes Kreuz.
Waffen-SS.
Genre(s):
Postcard
Abstract:
This black and white postcard urges Flemish youth in Belgium to join the German Red Cross. It shows a German Red Cross nurse with a Waffen SS soldier. The nurse wears a striped shirt or dress with white collar and a white apron and cap. There is a red cross on her cap. The soldier is Julius Geurts, the first Flemish winner of the Iron Cross. He was awarded the Iron Cross in 1942, and was killed in January 1943.
Copyright:
This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
Extent:
1 postcard : 10 x 15 cm
Provenance:
Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
Technique:
black & white
NLM Unique ID:
101694593 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
969907803
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101694593