Hilal-i Ahmer

Red Crescent Society

These cards were printed for promotional and fundraising purposes.

I was able to identify 24 cards in the series.

There are some recurring motives in the cards that I call subseries:

One such subseries is made up of 3 cards showing an amputee getting up from the bed (1), receiving a prosthetic leg (2) and standing in full uniform saluting the sitting nurse (3) (Amputee).

Another subseries is made up of 3 cards showing the red crescent ship doing a search and rescue operation at sea (Search and Rescue).

A third subseries shows various patients receiving care from the nurses at the hospital. A picture of the hospital is also considered part of this series (Receiving Care at the Hospital).