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Red cross (Symbol)

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  • Boer War: wounded soldiers being escorted off the hospital train at Durban from Ladysmith. Watercolour by F. Dadd, 1899.
  • Franco-Prussian War: women carrying wounded soldiers to hospital at Ivanitza. Coloured wood engraving by A.H.
  • Boer War: Red Cross hospital train arriving at Durban. Process print by C.H. after F.C. Harrison after F. Dadd, 1899.
  • Serbo-Bulgarian War: wounded Russian soldiers begging ambulance men to be taken away from the battlefield. Wood engraving.
  • Boer War: Red Cross ambulance cars at Pretoria station for the wounded Boers. Reproduction after a sketch by G. Soper after Leoff.
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    Boer War: first aid to the wounded on the battlefield at Colenso. Process print after J.J. Waugh.

    Waugh, J. J. | Reference: 22131i
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    Serbo-Bulgarian War: two sketches showing volunteers on their way to the front and hospital camp. Wood engraving by J. Nash.

    Nash, J. (Joseph), -1922. | Reference: 22107i
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    Schleswig-Holstein War: an ambulance arriving at a battlefield in Düppel 18 April 1864. Lithograph by W. Funke, 1864.

    | Date: 1864 | Reference: 24323i
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    Franco-Prussian War: a nurse looking out of a window at the queues for bread during the siege of Paris. Coloured transfer lithograph by F. Betbeder, ca. 1871.

    Faustin, 1847- | Date: 1871 | Reference: 21930i
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    Boer War: the work of the Red Cross and medical staff with coats of arms. Reproduction of watercolours after A. Stewart and J.J. Waugh and wood engraving by A.H. Fisher, 1900.

    Fisher, A. Hugh, 1867-1945. | Date: 1900 | Reference: 22288i
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