An armoured train of German 2. Panzerarmee near Pripyat River/Ukraine, 1944.

Armoured train of 2. Panzerarmee

As the second female German Red Cross nurse (after pilot Hanna Reitsch) Elfriede Wnuk was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class on September 19, 1942. Furthermore she was awarded with the Eastern Front Medal and the Wounded Badge in Silver. As a nurse Elfriede Wnuk served on the front from September 1, 1939. She partook in the advance in the Central Sector of the Eastern Front and experienced the winter- and summer battles of defence near Orel/Russia, doing her duty in Kriegslazarett 509 (military field hospital 509). By doing so she suffered a severe injury. After her two more Red Cross nurses deployed on the Eastern Front were awarded the Iron Cross.

German Red Cross nurse Elfriede Wnuk

Waffen-SS scout patrol near Minsk/Belorussia, 1944.