<P> The Red Cross on white background was the original protection symbol declared at the 1864 Geneva Convention . The ideas to introduce a uniform and neutral protection symbol as well as its specific design originally came from Dr. Louis Appia , a Swiss surgeon , and Swiss General Henri Dufour , founding members of the International Committee . </P>
<P> The Red Cross on white background was the original protection symbol declared at the 1864 Geneva Convention . The ideas to introduce a uniform and neutral protection symbol as well as its specific design originally came from Dr. Louis Appia , a Swiss surgeon , and Swiss General Henri Dufour , founding members of the International Committee . </P>
when was the red cross symbol first used
when was the red cross symbol first used
1864
1864