 Commission has its headquarters. The Swiss colors being a white cross on a red ground, the badge chosen was these colors reversed. There are no "members of the Red Cross," but only members of societies whose sign it is.  Pamphlets - Homoeopathic - Page 151851Full view - About this book
 | 1882 - 684 pages
...general provisions of the treaty, that a uniform badge should be agreed upon. The Red Cross was chosen out of compliment to the Swiss republic, where the first convention was held, and in which the Central Commission has its headquarters. The Swiss colors being a white cross on a... | |
 | 1884 - 438 pages
...conduct when they bear the sign of the organization, viz., the Red Cross. The Red Cross emblem was chosen out of compliment to the Swiss republic, where the first convention was held. The Swiss colors are a white cross on a red ground; the badge chosen is these colors reversed. The... | |
 | John A. Haddock - 1895 - 310 pages
...from theMt. Vernon cyclone, 1SS8.* In further explanation we may say that the Red Cross was chosen out of compliment to the Swiss Republic, where the first convention was held, and in which the Central Commission has its headquarters. The Swiss colors being a white cross on a... | |
 | Clara Barton - 1898 - 728 pages
...general provisions of the treaty, that a uniform badge should be agreed upon. The Red Cross was chosen out of compliment to the Swiss republic, where the first convention was held, and in which the central committee has its headquarters. The Swiss colors being a white cross on a... | |
 | Clara Barton - 1898 - 750 pages
...general provisions of the treaty, that a uniform badge should be agreed upon. The Red Cross was chosen out of compliment to the Swiss republic, where the first convention was held, and in which the central committee has its headquarters. The Swiss colors being a white cross on a... | |
 | 1916 - 510 pages
...front of which floats the familiar badge of the original society, a red cross on a white ground, chosen out of compliment to the Swiss Republic, where the first convention was held in 1863, their colors, a white cross on a red ground, being reversed. Attendants are on duty every... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - 1922 - 430 pages
...general provisions of the treaty, that a uniform badge should be agreed upon. The Red Cross was chosen out of compliment to the Swiss Republic, where the first convention was held, and in which the Central Commission has its headquarters. The Swiss colors being a white cross on a... | |
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