Vintage American Red Cross Pin Lot Of 25 WWI To WWII Era Junior Nurse Volunteer For Sale

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Vintage American Red Cross Pin Lot Of 25 WWI To WWII Era Junior Nurse Volunteer:
$125.00

A 25-piece group of mostly American Red Cross pins, from the Junior Red Cross through WWII blood donor service and postwar volunteer work. It also includes a Des Moines, Iowa nursing school pin. Dates below are based on American Red Cross pin issue references and are given as best estimates.

Enamel and metal pins (8):

- Mercy Hospital Training School, Des Moines, Iowa nurse pin with laurel wreath, white enamel ring, and red cross center

- American Red Cross "VOLUNTEER" white enamel pin (General Volunteer style, used 1946-1982)

- American Red Cross Volunteer blue enamel pin with gold starburst and red cross

- American Red Cross "HOME NURSING" light blue enamel shield pin

- Small white enamel red cross lapel pin/stud

-3 American Red Cross "Pro Patria" Blood Donor pins (WWII era, 1942-1945): 1 silver-tone and 2 bronze-tone. One is in an old stapled 2x2 holder with a handwritten "Blood Donor / American Red Cross" label.

Tin litho buttons and tabs (17):

- 9 American Junior Red Cross shield pins: fold-over tabs, one stickpin, and one with an extended tab showing a union bug

- American Junior Red Cross "I SERVE" stickpin (motto used before 1940)

- Red Cross flag fold-over tab

- 2 small red cross tabs (one with a union bug)

- “I GAVE" red heart stickpin button

- 2 "OF COURSE I'M A MEMBER" blue cross tabs (these appear to be Blue Cross hospital plan buttons, not Red Cross)

- "COMMUNITY CHEST - I CARE" stickpin

Condition: All pieces are original and have not been cleaned. The tin pieces have age toning to cream/tan. One AJRC shield has rust spots. The Community Chest button has heavy wear and paint loss. The metal and enamel pins show normal light wear and patina. Please see all photos, which are part of the description and show the exact items you will receive.

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