Austria-Hungary An Austro-Hunagrian nurse

[Richard V]

Side view.

[Ian]

Richard,

Thanks for sharing the fantastic and informative photos of your Grandmother and her awards.

Regards,

Ian

[Gordon Craig]

Richard V,

Thanks for the great pictures. The large white badge with the red cross in the centre of the eagle is similar to the one I started this post about but not the same. It is probably a later issue badge than the one worn by your Grandmother. The pictures are really great for showing the uniforms of the nurses and their badges/awards in wear.

In the German Red Cross, the badges worn at the neck could indicatedifferent levels in the nursing profession. Was it the same in Austri/Hungary during WWI?

Regards,

Gordon

[Guest Rick Research]

Ach... ladies wearing ribbbbbbbon barrrrrrrrrrs.

I'd have never guessed from the tones of the photo that the cap/uniform would be dark blue-- looks like pike-gray in the photos. Maybe blue was a more formal uniform?

[Ed_Haynes]

Thank you for helping to preserve these, Richard! History is saved.

[Richard V]

Gordon, I don't know about the neck badges indicating any type of level. The one that I received from my Grandmother is plain with no lettering of any type other than the word Wien at the bottom. I assume these badges only indicated something of the group to which they were attached. All I have seen look similar. Sadly she passed away before I developed my intense interest in military things so I was never able to have her provide me with information regarding the medals or badges.

Ed, these were passed to my mother initially who left them with a "professional" framing service to be mounted. They looked wonderful but one badge had, over time, fogged the glass in front of it. When she gave them to me, I elected to remove the items from the frame to clean the glass and mount some additional items I had received from my grandfather in the same shadow box. To my horror the "professional framers had glued all the badges to the back of the shadow box! It took a long time and painstaking effort to remove the concrete hard epoxy like resin from the medals and ribbons. I then mounted everything to the cloth backing using pins and cotton thread. I was appalled at what I discovered was done by the framers.

Richard V

Edited December 30, 2007 by Richard V

[Richard V]

Rick, I'm terrible with colors and their description. As I understand the hat is from her "everyday" work uniform. It does appear to be a dark bluish gray. I'll take a closer look at it when I get home tonight as I am currently at work but I think the photo pretty accurately shows the true color.

Richard V

[Iver]

Here are also some red cross badges... :)

[Iver]

Here are also some red cross badges... :)

[Iver]

..and other two...

Edited August 16, 2009 by Iver

[Kev in Deva]

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This picture is of a cropped postcard in my possession, I think this might be a film star but the badge is probably genuine.

Kevin in Deva. :beer:

[Gordon Craig]

Iver,

Interesting badge. A question, my understanding of this badge was that it was for a volunteer ambulance driver in the Hungarian Red Cross. Am I correct in this information?

Kevin,

Nice picture of a Hungarian Nurse. From the date on the card probably WWII but I have never been able to find dates for when the the badge at her throat was worn. I think you are correct about this card being for a film star. There doesn't appear to be anything on the card to indicate her name. The name of the film might be "VIRAG" (at a guess) from the first word in the first line with the beginning cut off.

Regards,

Godon

[Iver]

Gordon: If U mean the badge with st. Stephans crown over it, it should be hungarian volunteer nurse...

[Gordon Craig]

Iver,

Thanks for the reply. I must have been incorrect the last time I translated the Hungarian on this badge. Volunteer nurse is corect a you said.

Regards,

Gordon