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Blood type tattoo

We have already repeatedly talked about tattoos, which can be conditionally referred to as "army".

In this article, we discussed tattoos that denote belonging to individual military units.

Today we would like to show you some photos of the blood group tattoo. This phenomenon arose a very long time ago and at that time had a purely practical significance.

During the Second World War, almost all soldiers of the German army had such tattoos. We will also talk about medical tattoos, in which the owners mainly leave information for resuscitation doctors.

Places of tattooing blood group

Blood type tattoo was usually done by the military on the chest or arms... The most practical is the armpit location. This guarantees the safety of the inscription even in the event of a torn off limb and other serious injuries. The tattoo contains a letter or number indicating a blood group, the letter R (Rh) and a plus or minus sign (positive or negative).

It is noteworthy that today this idea is also used by ordinary lovers of body painting, making an interesting artistic picture out of an army plot. Well, it remains to show you a few photos of the blood group tattoo.

Photo of blood type tattoo on body

Photo of blood type tattoo on arm