American Red Cross logo and symbol, meaning, history, PNG
- Download PNG American Red Cross Logo PNG The symbol of the armed forces’ medical services, the Red Cross emblem is familiar in every corner of the world.
- It was declared in 1864, and its use today was determined by the 1949 Geneva Conventions.
- Meaning and history 1863 – 2012 The history of the Red Cross logo goes back to 1863, the name of its author is Henri Dunant.
- He did not design the emblem from scratch; in fact it was created by mere reversing the colors of the Swiss flag.
- Although this fact was mentioned in the 1906 revision of the Geneva Convention, in fact there are people who disagree with it.
- For instance, Pierre Boissier, who specializes in the organization’s history, claims that there is no connection between the Swiss flag and the Red Cross logo, and this idea was introduced later so as to object Turkey claiming the flag had Christian origins.
- For instance, in 1876-78 the Ottoman Empire replaced the Red Cross symbol with a Red Crescent as the cross could alienate the Muslim soldiers.
- One more alternative symbol, the Red Crystal, was adopted in 2006 as a result of several controversies, the most important of them being the dispute with Israeli national first-aid society Magen David Adom.
- The Red Lion with Sun emblem was a standard in Iran from 1924 to 1980, and the country sometimes uses it even now.
- Johnson & Johnson emblem sue Johnson & Johnson adopted the red cross shape as a trademark back in 1887, earlier than it became the official symbol of the American Red Cross.
- It took Johnson & Johnson more than a hundred years to make a decision and file a lawsuit against the Red Cross over their logo.
- This happened in 2007.
- Font The Red Cross logo is recognizable all around the world even if it does not contain any text.
- However, the official version of the emblem does include an “International Movement” insignia given in a clear, sans-serif all-cap type.
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