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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.
This image or logo only consists of typefaces, individual words, slogans, or simple geometric shapes. These are not eligible for copyright alone because they are not original enough, and thus the logo is considered to be in the public domain. See Wikipedia:Public domain § Fonts or Wikipedia:Restricted materials for more information.
Reverted to version as of 06:13, 23 March 2010 Please, upload as a new image, cos' it doesn't look good in some places with the white background: 16:24, 29 April 2010: 660 × 660 (387 bytes) Maix: Added white background, because the logo is defined as “red cross on a white background”. 06:13, 23 March 2010: 660 × 660 (308 bytes) Zscout370 ...
This logo image consists only of simple geometric shapes or text. It does not meet the threshold of originality needed for copyright protection, and is therefore in the public domain . Although it is free of copyright restrictions, this image may still be subject to other restrictions .
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The white background, in all cases, is an integral part of these logos because international law protects this symbol (red cross or red crescent on WHITE background). Thus the usual Wikipedia guideline does not apply, because without the white background these logos are incorrect. 00:19, 23 March 2020: 759 × 283 (143 KB) KarimKoueider ...
This is a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) image of a registered trademark or copyrighted logo. If non-free content restrictions apply, this image should not be rendered any larger than is required for the purposes of identification and/or critical commentary. See Wikipedia:Logos.
The cross is placed over the behaviour that is being prohibited, and it can and will very in size and placement. For this example image, the cross has just been centered on a white background. An example of its use can be seen in BP 014: Do not smile and BP 018: Single person .