rrobertscv Posted February 12, 2007 Share #1 Posted February 12, 2007 Found this on eBay and was not sure what it was, but I figured for less than $3, I would not be out to much money. I posted it on another forum, because I thought it was of German origin. I got some help from a member over there and found out it was a rank insignia for the Cadet Nurse corp. Here is the explantion from the website.Small silver Maltese crosses were used as rank insignia.One Maltese cross pinned to the center of the red epaulets indicated a Junior Cadet Nurse.Two Maltese Crosses pinned toward the ends of the epaulets 3/4 of an inch from the shoulder seams indicated a Senior Cadet Nurse.Three crosses, the third one pinned to the center of the epaulets, indicated a Graduate Cadet Nurse.No Maltese crosses were worn by Cadet Nurses during their pre-cadet training stage. EDIT: Picture no longer available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Jerry Posted February 13, 2007 Share #2 Posted February 13, 2007 Yep that is what it is. I too had one beacuse I thought it resembled the German KVK 1st class award. Cadet nurse items are actually quite collectible. There was just a nice groupings in AGM's last offering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrobertscv Posted February 13, 2007 Author Share #3 Posted February 13, 2007 The KVK was the reason I placed the bid, but I am happy with what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt175 Posted February 13, 2007 Share #4 Posted February 13, 2007 Glad I could help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
36-tex Posted May 20, 2007 Share #5 Posted May 20, 2007 Here is a cadet nurse's uniform from WWII Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
36-tex Posted May 20, 2007 Share #6 Posted May 20, 2007 close-up of patch and button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
36-tex Posted May 20, 2007 Share #7 Posted May 20, 2007 Uniform tag! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfields Posted May 25, 2007 Share #8 Posted May 25, 2007 36-tex, nice uniform! Always interesting to see what these look like. Here's a colorized photo I picked up of a cadet nurse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted May 25, 2007 Share #9 Posted May 25, 2007 Hi everyone on this cadet nurse thread. Here is my Cadet Nurse poster which has been shown on this forum before on a thread about wartime posters. Cheers ( Lewis ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_pickrall Posted May 25, 2007 Share #10 Posted May 25, 2007 LIFE Magazine FEB 28, 1944 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLM Posted June 17, 2007 Share #11 Posted June 17, 2007 Here are some of the Cadet Nurse Corps shoulder patches. Cut edge on gray twill Merrowed on gray wool Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLM Posted June 17, 2007 Share #12 Posted June 17, 2007 A couple of the white CNC patches Cut edge on white twill Merrowed on white twill Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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