International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

The Red Cross and the Red Crescent are symbols which are used by organizations which are part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, namely the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS), and more than 180 national Red Cross or Red Crescent Societies. In addition to that, these symbols have a special meaning derived from the Geneva Conventions. An additional symbol, the Red Lion and Sun, was used from 1924 to 1980 by Iran. The national society of Israel, Magen David Adom, uses an own symbol, the Red Star of David, which is not recognized as a protection symbol by the Geneva Conventions. An additional symbol, the Red Crystal, was introduced by adoption of a third additional protocol on December 7, 2005.

Symbols

Official emblems and symbols

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  The official emblem of the International Committee
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  The official emblem of the International Federation
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  The Red Cross symbol
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  The Red Crescent symbol
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  The Red Crystal symbol
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  The Red Lion with Sun symbol
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  The Palestine Red Crescent Society
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  The Iraqi Red Crescent Society
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  The Red Crescent Society of Islamic Republic of Iran
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  The Thai Red Cross Society
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  The Macau Red Cross
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  The Indonesian Red Cross
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  The American Red Cross
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  The Philippine Red Cross
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  The Cambodian Red Cross
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  The North Korean Red Cross
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  The Logo of the Belgian Red Cross in Dutch, French and German
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  The Japanese Red Cross Society
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  The Nigerian Red Cross Society
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  The Albania Red Cross

Use of the Red Crystal

For indicative purposes only, the above symbols or combinations of them can be incorporated inside of the new Red Crystal emblem. For example, a combination of the Red Crystal with the Red Star of David will likely be used by the Israel society Magen David Adom (MDA) for humanitarian missions abroad. Similarly, the national societies of Eritrea and Kazakhstan will probably use a combination of the Red Cross and Red Crescent inside of the Red Crystal as their emblem. For protective use, the Red Crystal can only be used without any additional symbol inside. In principle, the Red Lion with Sun (alone or in combination with the other symbols) could be used inside the Red Crystal as well. As the Red Lion with Sun is not in use since 1980, such combination is very unlikely to be used in the future. For that reason, it is not depicted here.

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  The Red Crystal without additional emblem inside
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  The Red Crystal with the Red Cross inside
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  The Red Crystal with the Red Crescent inside
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  The Red Crystal with the Red Cross and Red Crescent inside
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  The Red Crystal with the Red Star of David (MDA) inside

Military use of the symbols

The following pictures are examples of the above symbols being used in the context of the military. Such application for members, vehicles or buildings of armed forces and similar situations is governed by the Geneva Conventions. This is called protective use and does not indicate affiliation of the respective persons or facilities with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Under the rules of the Geneva Conventions, the symbols are therefore used without any textual designation.

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  Hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) of the United States Navy

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  Protected ambulance Mowag DURO III of the Swiss Army

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  Iveco ambulance car of the Italian Military Red Cross

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  Unimog ambulance car of the German Armed Forces

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  Unimog ambulance car of the German Armed Forces

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  ATF-Dingo ambulance car of the German Armed Forces

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  G-Wagon ambulance car of the Australian Defence Force

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  Land Rover ambulance car of the Australian Defence Force

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  Ambulance car of the United States Armed Forces

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  Ambulance of the Afghan National Army

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  The Force Protection Cougar Ambulance of the United States Armed Forces

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  The Mobile Trauma Bay of the United States Armed Forces

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  Stryker medical evacuation vehicle of the United States Armed Forces

History

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  Historical map of the Battle of Solferino, 1859
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  Contemporary illustration showing the five founding members of the ICRC, around 1863
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  Original document of the first Geneva Convention, 1864
  Other images: signatures
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  "The Red Cross of the Geneva Convention. What It Is" by Clara Barton, 1878
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  French Red Cross train with sick and wounded soldiers, around 1917
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  The Church of Aubigny (France), converted into an emergency hospital, around 1917
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  Headquarters of the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C., around 1922
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  A Magen David Adom paramedic in the Tel Aviv civil defense, 1939
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  Red Cross message from WW2, Poland, 1940
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  A US army medic taking care of a German soldier in Normandy, around 1944
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  Procession of German POW's captured with the fall of Aachen, 1944
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  Peace Nobel Prize ceremony, December 10, 1963
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  Development of the Geneva Conventions from 1864 to 1949
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  A Magen David Adom ambulance in June 1948, Israel

Persons

Founders of the ICRC

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  Henry Dunant
  (1828-1910)
  Other images: 1
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  Gustave Moynier
  (1826-1910)
  Category: Gustave Moynier
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  Guillaume-Henri Dufour
  (1787-1875)
  Other images: 1
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  Louis Appia
  (1818-1898)
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  Theodore Maunoir
  (1806-1869)

Presidents of the ICRC

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  Guillaume-Henri Dufour
  (1787-1875)
  President 1863-1864
  Other images: 1
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  Gustave Moynier
  (1826-1910)
  President 1864-1910)
  Category: Gustave Moynier
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  Gustave Ador
  (1845-1928)
  President 1910-1928
  Other images: 1
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  Max Huber
  (1874-1960)
  President 1928-1944
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  Carl Burckhardt
  (1891-1974)
  President 1944-1948
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  Paul Ruegger
  (1897-1988)
  President 1948-1955
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  Leopold Boissier
  (1893-1968)
  President 1955-1964
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  Samuel Gonard
  (1896-1975)
  President 1964-1969
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  Marcel Naville
  (born 1919)
  President 1969-1973
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  Eric Martin
  (1900-1980)
  President 1973-1976
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  Alexandre Hay
  (1919-1991)
  President 1976-1987
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  Cornelio Sommaruga
  (born 1932)
  President 1987-1999
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  Jakob Kellenberger
  (born 1944)
  President since 2000

Chairmen/ Presidents of the League and the Federation

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  Henry Davison
  (1867-1922)
  Founder of the League of Red Cross Societies
  Chairman 1919-1922
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  John Barton Payne
  (1855-1935)
  Chairman 1922-1935
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  Cary Travers Grayson
  (1878-1938)
  Chairman 1935-1938
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  Norman Davis
  (1878-1944)
  Chairman 1938-1944
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  Johannes von Muralt
  (1877-1947)
  Chairman 1944-1945
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  Basil O'Connor
  (1892-1972)
  Chairman 1945-1950
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  Emil Sandström
  (1886-1962)
  Chairman 1950-1959
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  John Alexander MacAulay
  1895-1978
  Chairman 1959-1965
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  José Barroso Chávez
  (1925-2008)
  Chairman 1965-1977
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  Joseph Adetunji Adefarasin
  (1920-1989)
  President 1977-1981
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  Enrique de la Mata
  (1933-1987)
  President 1981-1987
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  Mario Villaroel Lander
  (born 1947)
  President 1987-1997
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  Astrid Nøklebye Heiberg
  (born 1936)
  President 1997-2001

Other persons

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  Clara Barton
  (1821-1912)
  Founder of the American Red Cross
  Image Gallery: Clara_Barton
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  Count Folke Bernadotte
  (1895-1948)
  Swedish diplomat
  Other images: Monument, with POWs
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  Marcel Junod
  (1904-1961)
  ICRC delegate/ member
  in 1952
  Other images: 1, 2, 3, 4

Places of Interest

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  Ossario di Solferino (Ossuary Chapel) in Solferino, Italy
  Other images: Inside
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  The city of Solferino, Italy
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  The Red Cross Memorial in Solferino, Italy
  Other images: Henry Dunant statue, 2
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  International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva, Switzerland
  Other images: Entrance, Room, Room Humanitarium
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  American National Red Cross Building
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  The American Red Cross Volunteer Life Saving Corps Station in Jacksonville Beach (Florida)
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  Gravesite of Henry Dunant at the cemetery Category:Sihlfeld in Zurich, Switzerland
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  Bust of Henry Dunant (1828-1910) in Geneva the main co-founder of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
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  Bust of Gustave Moynier (1826-1910) in Geneva, one of the co-founders of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
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  Statue of General Guillaume Henri (1787-1875) in Geneva, one of the co-founders of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
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  Red Cross Memorial at Dybbøl, Denmark
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  Headquarters of the ICRC in Geneva, Switzerland
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  Monument to Henry Dunant in Geneva, Switzerland
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  Monument to Canadian Aid Workers in Ottawa, Canada

Other

Cars, vehicles and other devices

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  Volkswagen T6 of the Red Cross in Austria
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  Volkswagen T6, rapid response vehicle of the Red Cross in Austria
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  Rapid response vehicle of the Red Cross in Austria
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  Rapid response vehicle of the Red Cross in Austria
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  Mercedes-Benz Sprinter of the German Red Cross
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  Mercedes-Benz Sprinter of the German Red Cross
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  Volkswagen Transporter of the German Red Cross
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  Emergency Physician ("Notarzt") Rapid Response Vehicle of the German Red Cross
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  BMW R 1200 RT of the German Red Cross
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  Rettungswagen Mercedes-Benz Sprinter of the German Red Cross
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  Mercedes-Benz Sprinter of Beijing Red Cross
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  Magen David Adom
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  Magen David Adom
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  Renault Master III emergency response unit of the British Red Cross
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  Toyota HiMedic ambulance of the Macau Red Cross
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  Liechtenstein red cross ambulance vehicle
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  Liechtenstein red cross ambulance vehicle
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  A first responder ambucycle of Magen David Adom
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  The "J. Henry Dunant III", a Dutch Red Cross vacation ship for sick and handicapped people
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  Red Cross tent in Japan
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  Philippine Red Cross Bloodletting
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  Ambulance car with Red Crescent emblem in Baku, Azerbaijan
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  An American Red Cross vehicle distributing food to Grand Forks, North Dakota victims of the 1997 Red River flood
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  Two ambulances from the Belgian Red Cross during a parade in Brussels, Belgium.
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  Two First Intervention Team vehicles from the Belgian Red Cross during a parade in Brussels, Belgium.

People

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  Junior Red Cross group in School
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  Tunisian Red Crescent volunteer Salut the Tunisian Flag
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  Members of the Phil Red Cross conducts thermal scanning to commuters
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  A Turkish Red Crescent staff conducting activities for children
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  March of Red Cross volunteer nurses at Army Parade in Rome, June 2, 2006 (commemorating the 60th anniversary of the birth of the Italian Republic)
  Other images: Close look
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  A lifeguard from the Spanish Red Cross on duty

Stamps

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  Stamp, International Red Cross Centenary, U.S., 1963
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  Stamp, USSR, 1965
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  Stamp, USSR, 1988
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  Stamp, Turkey, 1928
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  Stamp "The Faroese Red cross 75 Years", Faroe Islands, 2001
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  Stamp "The Faroese Red cross 75 Years", Faroe Islands, 2001
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  German stamp for 125 year of birth of Henri Dunant, 1953
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  German stamp for 100 years of Red Cross, 1963
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  Stamp of Manchukuo for 5 years of national Red Cross Society, 1943
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  Australian stamp, 1954
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  Stamp Intern. RC-Conference 1934, Tokio

Artwork

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  Postcard, France, 1915
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  "The Red Cross" from Montgomery's "The Beginner's American History", page 252, 1904
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  Good Samaritan, by Gabriel Nicolet, 1914-1915

Flags, insignia, charts

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  The symbols at the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva, Switzerland
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  A Red Cross flag
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  Medal of the lifeguard group (Wasserwacht) of the German Red Cross
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  Organisation chart of the national Red Cross society of Switzerland
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  Übersicht aller vollwertiger ERU-Einheiten nach Ländern