March 30Mar 30 #1 Greetings, I recently came across these two US medic armbands. I believe one to the be wwii army and the other to be navy. The army band seems to have the medic's Geneva number as well as his laundry number. I tried researching the laundry number and came up with a couple dozen bits. A few which are in my state. No markings on the navy arm band. Neither band glow under a black light. Would love to hear your thoughts about the age of these, if Iam correct ,and some hits how to process with my research into the laundry the laundry number.
March 30Mar 30 #5 The one with the strap and buckle seems to be teh Navy version, however, it doesn't match what the uniform Regs describes (Basically the same as the Army version). I have not found any documentation yet that defines this style. But I have pictures that show it. Here's what the Navy Uniform Regs say about the medical brassard: 8-9 Geneva Cross Brassard-The GenevaCross brassard shall consist of a band of white cotton bearing a red Geneva Cross painted or stitched on the band, to be fastened around the upper part of the right anii over the outer garment. The band shall be four inches wide, the cross three inches in height and width, and the arms of the cross one inch wide. It shall be worn by ambulance and first aid parties. The Navy didn't used the Army's version of having the Serial number on the brassard and the Medical ID Card. The Navy's Medical Department Regulations only indicated that the Medical Personnel ID card (Standard Navy ID card would have as follows: 2251.1. Every member of the Medical, Dental, Hospital, and Nurse Corps shall carry at all times a special identification card (Navpers-546) bearing a stamped Red Cross in the lower left corner. The card shall also show the date of issue, the corps, and the rank or rating. 2251.2. Every member of the crew of a hospital ship, whether officer or enlisted, shall carry a Navpers-546. In addition to the data required in paragraph 2251.1, the Navpers-546 issued to a person serving on a hospital ship shall bear the name of the ship typed below the photograph. Here's a picture of a Navy field medical kit showing the brassards In all of my years collecting, I've only seen two Navy "medical" ID Cards. The WAVES one I saw on ebay and the Male enlisted one I have that I got out of a scrapbook.
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