Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Medical Personnel Armbands

(Ärztliches Personal Armbänder). A pair of medical personnel armbands, including a German Red Cross (DRK) member’s armband, constructed of white cotton twill, the exterior bearing a machine-embroidered red Geneva Cross, circumscribed by a machine-embroidered black inscription of “DEUTSCHES ROTES KREUZ” in Fraktur script, flanked by a DRK stamp with an illegible district name, unmarked, unstitched and measuring 450 mm (l) x 115 mm (h), with moderate soiling evident, in overall better than very fine condition, and; a Luftschutz (Air Protection) medic’s armband, constructed of blue cotton twill, the exterior bearing a dyed white Geneva Cross, unmarked, measuring 182 mm (l) x 90 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.