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A promotional postcard showing a nurse bandaging a wounded soldier, 1941

National Library of Medicine

Back of postcard has section for handwritten note.
  • A White female nurse bandaging the head of a wounded White male soldier in a bed.

  • Back of postcard has section for handwritten note.

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    Postkarte
    [Stamp] 6 6 Deutsches Reich
    [Postmark] Jena Für des Rote Kruez 7. 9. 41
    Jenaer Briefmarkensammlen 90 Jahre Badenmarke
    Rotkreuz=Arbeit ist selbstloser Dienst an Volk und Vaterland in ständiger hilfsbereitschaft. Ich rufe alle Deutschen auf, diese Arbeit zu fördern. (Adolf Hitler)
    Herausgegeben: Hauptabteilung V (Bresse u. Werbung) DRK=Landesstelle X, Hamburg Drud: Hans Christians
    [Typewritten] Jena, den 7. 9. 41 Verehrter Sammlerkamerad! Herzliche Grüsse von unserer grossen Ausstellung Jenaer Briefmarkensammler-Verein i. [Handwriting] A. H. Schlegel
    [Typewritten] Herrn Stadtobersekretär W. Seeber, Erfurt Nordhäuserstr. 26/II

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    Postcard
    [Stamp] 6 German Empire 6
    [Postmark] Jena For the Red Cross 7. 9. 41
    Jena Stamp Collecting 90 years Baden brand
    Red Cross = Work is selfless service to People and Fatherland in constant helpfulness. I call on all Germans to promote this work. (Adolf Hitler)
    Edited: Main department V (Bresse and Advertising) DRK [German Red Cross] = State Office X, Hamburg Drud: Hans Christian
    [Typewritten] Jena, September, 7, 1941. Venerable Collecting Friends! Warm greetings from our large exhibition Jena-dweller Philatelist Club per. [Handwriting] H. Schlegel
    [Typewritten] Mr. City Secretary W. Seeber, Erfurt Nordhäuser Street. 26/II

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