Nurse with EK?

[Mailio]

Some time ago i found this picture on Ebay of a red cross nurse with a EK ribbon sewn on her uniform.
I've personally never seen it before and think it's kinda odd, even if a nurse got awarded a EK wouldn't it then have to be with a non combatant ribbon?

If anyone got some info on it i'd love to know.



cheers,

Tjebbe

[Pavel]

Hi,

I remember reading in Harald Geißler's book Das Eiserne Kreuz (1995 Edition) that some nurses have indeed been awarded with a combatant Iron Cross since they served in the front lines and thus underwent similar dangers as regular soldiers. If I recall correctly, these awards on non-combat personnel had been typical for the early years before much more formal rules were applied.
Unfortunately, I no longer have this book to check for more details. (I had it borrowed via a kind friend from Germany.)

[Mailio]

Thanks a lot for the info. I'll try to see ifi can find a copy of that book somewhere, a bit odd things like this always interest me a lot and i'd love to know as much about it as possible.

[harryamb2]

it also happened in WW2.