searabkesen: tattoo lettering styles

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

tattoo lettering styles

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The SS blood group tattoo was applied, in theory, to all Waffen-SS members, except members of the British Free Corps. It was a small black ink tattoo located on the underside of the left arm, usually near the armpit. It generally measured around 7mm (0.28 inches) long, and was placed roughly 20 cm (8 inches) above the elbow. The tattoo consisted of the soldier's blood type letter, either A, B, AB or O. The discovery of the rhesus factor had been made in 1937, but was not fully understood during World War II, so was not implemented. In the early part of the war tattoos were printed in Gothic-style lettering, while later on they were printed in Latin-style.

tattoo lettering
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Tattoo Fonts-Design your own
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Fancy Lettering For Tattoos
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Tattoo Lettering Styles
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Selection Of Tattoo Lettering
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Tattoos lettering can be a
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Tattoo lettering essentially
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The purpose of the tattoo was to identify a soldier's blood type in case a blood transfusion was needed while unconscious, or his Erkennungsmarke (dog tag) or Soldbuch (pay book) were missing. The tattoo was generally applied by the unit's Sanitäter (medic) in basic training, but could have been applied by anyone assigned to do it at any time during his term of service.