Facts about the red cross

Date of issue: May 28,
Printer: Ashton-Potter
Design: William H. Tibbles; based on a photograph by Clive Webster

Canadian Red Cross

The International Committee of the Red Cross was established by Henry Dunant in One year later, representatives from sixteen countries met to develop principles for the care of the wounded and prisoners during war – the first Geneva Convention.

The emblem of a red cross was designated to distinguish and protect the medical personnel responsible for these individuals.

The Canadian surgeon George Sterling Ryerson laid the foundation for the Canadian Red Cross Society in by sewing two strips of red fabric onto a piece of white cotton and draping this over horse-drawn wagons transporting injured men during the North West Rebellion.

The Society was officially established in as an affiliate of the British Red Cross. In , an act of the Canadian Parliament gave it independent Canadian status. The mission of the Society has change