A Second War German Red Cross Brassard (Armband) For Volunteer Stretcher Bearers Auction Archive A fourth attempt

A fourth attempt

This was later rectified with the issue of numbered badges in early 1916 to replace those un-numbered ones

With unsharpened edges

they experienced few casualties

A Second War German Red Cross Brassard (Armband) For Volunteer Stretcher Bearers Auction Archive A fourth attemptWhite 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.