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Carlist War, Spain: wounded soldiers being carried down from the Heights opposite Andoain. Wood engraving.

The Red Cross in France

Red Cross workers sleeping in hammocks during the Serbo-Turkish War. Wood engraving after G. Durand.

Marked with the red cross – a universally recognised medical symbol – this collar was worn by a dog trained to locate dead and wounded soldiers during the First World War. Usually under the cover of night such dogs searched the no man’s land between opposing trenches. In Germany, they were known as Sanitäshunde – the Allies called them medical dogs. The dogs were able to tell the difference between a dead soldier and one that was merely unconscious.

Some dogs were equipped with bottles of brandy and rope so stretcher bearers and rescue parties including medics could find the injured man. Dogs were also used as messengers and were employed again in the Second World War.

maker: Kassner, A

Place made: Berlin, Berlin state, Germany

Red Cross dog collar, Berlin, Germany, 1914-1918

Verso of poster advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.

American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program

Two black figures with arms outstretched and touching each other within a graphic background as an illustration to a Sierra Leonean proverb; first of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith1992.

American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program.

Verso of one of 6 posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program featuring an Ethiopian proverb. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.

A Ghanaian proverb; verso of third of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.

Verso of one of 6 posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith1992.

Recto: a black figure with numerous heads and hands together holding a lion within a graphic background incorporating further heads; an illustration to an Ethiopian proverb; fifth of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.

Grey wash: Red Cross train loading up at Casualty Clearing Station

Red Cross train, World War I

Verso of one of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.

Recto: a black figure hugs a picture of another to his chest within a graphic background; an illustration to an Ethiopian proverb; sixth of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.

xi pages, 281 pages : frontispiece (portrait), plates ; 21 cm

Pioneering with the Red Cross : recollections of an old Red crosser

1 photograph : photoprint, silver gelatin ; sheet 11.7 x 16.9 cm

British Red Cross Hospital, Turin: man wearing Red Cross arm band working in the pharmacy. Photograph, c. 1918.

A couple in embroidered dress with pointed headpieces performing a Thai dance; an AIDS awareness advertisement by the Program on AIDS Thai Red Cross Society. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

Program on AIDS Thai Red Cross Society.

A glass of water against a blue background representing an AIDS awareness advertisement by the Program on AIDS Thai Red Cross Society. Colour lithograph, ca. 1990's.

Program on AIDS Thai Red Cross Society

703 pages : illustrations, portraits, plates ; 24 cm

The Red Cross in peace and war

Recto: a graphic black figure with two faces incorporating a head as a chest pointing to a board displaying symbols; an illustration to a Cameroonian proverb; second of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.

The American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program

The arm band of the British Red Cross Society consists of a cotton strip with a reinforced panel bearing the symbol of a red cross. The society’s voluntary medical personnel wore it, secured onto the arm by a metal buckle. The armband has the date 16/5/15 written on it and appears to have been used during the First World War. The Red Cross was the first to send motorised ambulances to the battlefields. Its staff worked tirelessly in hospitals, field camps and convalescent homes caring for the sick and wounded. 

The armband was donated by Lady Furley, wife of Sir John Furley. He was one of the earliest presidents of the Red Cross Society and a founder member of the St John’s Ambulance Association. The Red Cross was established in 1863 in Switzerland. It trained volunteers to care for the sick or wounded during wartime. It became an international movement in which governments recognise the special status of medical services and the wounded on the battlefield. The Red Cross are still active today.

maker: Unknown maker

Place made: Europe

Arm band of British Red Cross Society, England, 1915

Boer War: Red Cross hospital train arriving at Durban. Process print after F.C. Harrison after F. Dadd, 1899.

Dr Mackellar and Red Cross staff crossing the Morava river after the Battle before Alexinatz, Serbia. Wood engraving by G. Durand.

Recto: a graphic black figure on his hands and knees holding a decorative bowl with in a decorated border; an illustration to a Guinean; fourth of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.

Ethiopian proverb rep American Red Cross HIV program

A doctor, a couple and a man flexing his muscles with a question mark as a shadow; an AIDS awareness advertisement for the Program on AIDS by the Thai Red Cross Society. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

AIDS awareness advert by Thai Red Cross Society

xx, 226 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 17 cm

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Carlist War, Spain: wounded soldiers being carried down from the Heights opposite Andoain. Wood engraving.

The Red Cross in France

Red Cross workers sleeping in hammocks during the Serbo-Turkish War. Wood engraving after G. Durand.

Red Cross dog collar, Berlin, Germany, 1914-1918

American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program

American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program.

American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program

American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program

American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program

American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program

Red Cross train, World War I

American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program.

American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program

Pioneering with the Red Cross : recollections of an old Red crosser

British Red Cross Hospital, Turin: man wearing Red Cross arm band working in the pharmacy. Photograph, c. 1918.

Program on AIDS Thai Red Cross Society.

Program on AIDS Thai Red Cross Society

The Red Cross in peace and war

The American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program

Arm band of British Red Cross Society, England, 1915

Boer War: Red Cross hospital train arriving at Durban. Process print after F.C. Harrison after F. Dadd, 1899.

Dr Mackellar and Red Cross staff crossing the Morava river after the Battle before Alexinatz, Serbia. Wood engraving by G. Durand.

Ethiopian proverb rep American Red Cross HIV program

AIDS awareness advert by Thai Red Cross Society

British Red Cross Society training manual. No. 3

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Carlist War, Spain: wounded soldiers being carried down from the Heights opposite Andoain. Wood engraving.

The Red Cross in France

Red Cross workers sleeping in hammocks during the Serbo-Turkish War. Wood engraving after G. Durand.

Red Cross dog collar, Berlin, Germany, 1914-1918

American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program

American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program.

American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program

American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program

American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program

American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program

Red Cross train, World War I

American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program.

American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program

Pioneering with the Red Cross : recollections of an old Red crosser

British Red Cross Hospital, Turin: man wearing Red Cross arm band working in the pharmacy. Photograph, c. 1918.

Program on AIDS Thai Red Cross Society.

Program on AIDS Thai Red Cross Society

The Red Cross in peace and war

The American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program

Arm band of British Red Cross Society, England, 1915

Boer War: Red Cross hospital train arriving at Durban. Process print after F.C. Harrison after F. Dadd, 1899.

Dr Mackellar and Red Cross staff crossing the Morava river after the Battle before Alexinatz, Serbia. Wood engraving by G. Durand.

Ethiopian proverb rep American Red Cross HIV program

AIDS awareness advert by Thai Red Cross Society

British Red Cross Society training manual. No. 3

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