WW2 Italian Red Cross uniform...

[Annandamide]

Can anyone help?

My other half does WW2 Italian Re-enactment and I am to be a nurse this coming weekend! He's made me a fantastic uniform true to the limited information avaliable.

My question is this; the nurses seem to wear a variety of head gear, from a fairly standard white cap to variations on a kind of nun's head dress. I assume there must be religious associations, but was wondering if there was a difference because of rank. Some of the images I've found have nurses with shoulder boards and these seem to be the ones with navy blue head gear. The images are not clear enough to actually see the design on these. I have found it really difficult finding very much info. Any help would be greatly appreciated....

 

[Annandamide]

Here's a couple of pics....

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/7194/alba022kg9.jpg
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/7783/no020pl7.jpg
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/5567/seco033pz6.jpg

Hope these links work.....

 

[BellyTank]

Hi-
Can't help you on the Nurse uniform but I'm interested to see "your other half's" uniform/s. I'm interested in WW2 Italian uniforms.

I'd appreciate anything you can show me or point me to.

Thanks,

B
T

 

[Annandamide]

Hi, what would you like to know? He has almost everything, from Alpini to Tropical.

 

[BellyTank]

I'd love to see some pics, or links, or maybe get in touch.
I'm interested in getting hold of some good repro Italian uniform items.
I've seen the worst of what's available and found out how difficult it is to get the good quality stuff. I'm not a reenactor, as such but have an interest and some Italian heritage to explore. I'm a collector of militaria and vintage clothing and familiar with the Italian uniforms and have a few original pieces but would like to make contact with someone who has procured a good assortment of repro items.

You can't send me a private message here(yet), unfortunately.

?

Thanks,

B
T

 

[Annandamide]

Check out his web site. He'll be happy to talk for hours about Italian Militaria! Though we are going to a re-enactment show this weekend so if you contact him he might not get back to you untill next week.


http://ww2italianreenactment.com/index.html

 

[BellyTank]

Thanks!
That's great.

B
T