Emblem Red Cross and Red Crescent International

A. History Emblem

Before the Red Cross symbol was adopted as a neutral symbol to give aid to wounded soldiers on the battlefield, at the time that each military medical services have a badge with their own colors different. Austria for example, using the white flag. France uses a red flag and yellow flag of Spain to use.

Solferino War

On June 24, 1859 in Solferino, a small town located in the lower mainland Lambordi Province, north of Italy, fierce fighting took place between French and Austrian soldiers. The battle that lasted about 16 hours and involving 320,000 soldiers were, swallowed tens of thousands of victims killed and injured. Around 40 thousand people died in battle.

League of Red Cross Society and Red Crescent Societies

At the end of the first world war most of the regions in Europe is very chaotic, ruined the economy, the population decreased drastically because of the epidemic. A large number of refugees who are poor and those who do not have to meet the continent's citizenship. The war is very clearly show the need for strong cooperation between the Red Cross Society for his activities in wartime can attract thousands of volunteers.