DRK Schwesternhelferin Verwendungsbuch – Reserve-Lazarett München & Jülich

An original Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (DRK) Verwendungsbuch belonging to Schwesternhelferin Anna Krauthausen, complete with its original attached portrait photograph and extensive wartime service entries.

Issued in Munich on 28 August 1942, the booklet records her qualification in Krankenpflege (Nursing Care) and documents several years of uninterrupted wartime medical service within the German Red Cross.

The service record begins in April 1942, when Krauthausen commenced service as a helper at a military hospital. During the following years she served at various medical facilities, including:

• Reserve hospitals in Munich
• Hospital service in Jülich
• Assignments connected with Reserve-Lazarett München I
• Additional medical postings through 1944 and into March 1945

The Verwendungsbuch contains numerous official DRK, Wehrkreis and military medical stamps together with handwritten entries recording: Hospital assignments

• Leave authorisations
• Medical examinations
• Vaccinations
• Gas mask issue
• Hospital admissions
• Illness records
• Duty transfers
• Final wartime entries from March 1945

An attractive and extensively completed DRK nurse’s service book illustrating the daily administration of wartime German Red Cross medical personnel.

Condition

• Original attached photograph
• Numerous official DRK and military hospital stamps
• Well-filled service record
• Complete throughout
• Expected age toning and handling wear
• Very good historical condition