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This is a French-speaking Belgian branch of the Red Cross. This subsidiary organization of the Belgian Red Cross is also like Rode Kruis-Vlaanderens as it is a connected member of the International Red Cross and the Red Crescent Movement.
French: Croix-Rouge de Belgique German: Belgisches Rotes Kreuz: 4 February 1864: Belize Red Cross Society: 1950: Red Cross of Benin: French: Croix-Rouge béninoise: 1963: Bhutan Red Cross Society Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཉེན་སྒྲོལ་སྡེ་ཚོགས། 8 May 2017: Bolivian Red Cross: Spanish: Cruz Roja Boliviana
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The Iron Cross (French: Croix de fer, Dutch: IJzeren Kruis) was established by law in 1833 [1] following the end of the Belgian Revolution to recognise serious wounds received and bravery in battle by Belgian citizens taking part in the fight for Belgian independence from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands between 25 August 1830 and 4 ...
The 1830 Volunteers' Commemorative Cross (French: Croix Commémorative des Volontaires de 1830, Dutch: Herinneringskruis voor de Vrijwilligers van 1830) was a Belgian campaign medal established by royal decree on 20 April 1878 and awarded to all members of the Belgian Army and popular militias who served during the 1830-1831 Belgian Revolution who had not been awarded the Iron Cross.
The Red Cross symbol. 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.
The Escapees' Cross 1940–1945 (French: Croix des Évadés 1940–1945, Dutch: Kruis der Ontsnapten 1940–1945) was a Belgian war service medal established on 25 February 1944 by the Belgian government in exile in London.
It was first published as Bulletin international des Sociétés de secours aux militaires blessés and later as Bulletin international des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge. It initially served to inform the national Red Cross societies about innovations in medical care, as well as procedural and legal advice. [ 1 ]