Dress, American Red Cross Volunteer, Canteen Corps, Size 14, Named
€295.00
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Great genuine WWII American Red Cross long-sleeved dress, of the type intended for female volunteers of the Hospital and Recreation Corps.
Known as the 'Gray Ladies', they provided various non-medical services to patients in military hospitals; by the end of the war, their total number reached 50,000.
Tailored in light blue cotton cloth, the present dress features a separate cloth belt, two shoulder straps with royal blue tabs specific to the Canteen Corps, two hip pockets and one breast pocket on which a white square bearing an embroidered red cross has been sewn.
Tailored by Mercantile Uniforms in New York. Size 14.
Complete and in very good overall condition; the American Red Cross Volunteer shoulder sleeve insignia and enamel badge are still present; the name tag pinned on the breast pocket indicates that the dress once belonged to some Mrs. M. Provin.
https://www.redcross.org/content/dam/redcross/National/history-wwii.pdf
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Great genuine WWII American Red Cross long-sleeved dress, of the type intended for female volunteers of the Hospital and Recreation Corps.
Known as the 'Gray Ladies', they provided various non-medical services to patients in military hospitals; by the end of the war, their total number reached 50,000.
Tailored in light blue cotton cloth, the present dress features a separate cloth belt, two shoulder straps with royal blue tabs specific to the Canteen Corps, two hip pockets and one breast pocket on which a white square bearing an embroidered red cross has been sewn.
Tailored by Mercantile Uniforms in New York. Size 14.
Complete and in very good overall condition; the American Red Cross Volunteer shoulder sleeve insignia and enamel badge are still present; the name tag pinned on the breast pocket indicates that the dress once belonged to some Mrs. M. Provin.
https://www.redcross.org/content/dam/redcross/National/history-wwii.pdf