Poster: 'The Power of an Idea
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Poster: 'The Power of an Idea.' Poster features a sketch of the Battle of Solferino and the Red Cross emblem. Alongside this is the text: 'Henry Dunant was a young Swiss who after witnessing the suffering of soldiers wounded during the Battle of Solferino in 1858, asked the question; "would it be possible to form relief societies for training volunteers to care for the wounded in wartime?" This thought brought the worldwide Red Cross movement into being.'
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2371/4
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Henry Dunant (b.1828, d.1910)
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