Envelope featuring Henry Dunant's image and 6 commemorative stamps
Production date
2001
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Envelope featuring Henry Dunant's image and 6 commemorative stamps with information card inside. Envelope is white and is 1/3 A4 in size. These envelopes were sold for £15 each.
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History
The Battle of Solferino took place in June 1859, fought in Italy between the armies of Austria and the alliance of France and Sardinia. Jean Henri Dunant, a Swiss businessman who was at the scene, was appalled by the suffereing of the wounded and dying. He gavanised local people into tending the wounded on both sides, fethcing water, binding their wounds and writing messages for them, regardless of their nationality. He wrote about his experiences in a book called 'A memory of Solferino', urging the formation of relief societies to train volunteers to care for the wounded in wartime. As a result of his efforts, the International Committee of the Red Cross came into being in 1863 and the first Geneva Convention was signed in 1864. Dunant's ideas took root and National Red Cross Societies were soon formed in many countries. The British Red Cross was one of the first, formed in 1870 and in 1901 Henri Dunant received the first Nobel Peace Prize.
Catalogue Number
2134/1
Associated Person and Role
Henry Dunant (b.1828, d.1910)
Subject Person and Role
Henry Dunant (b.1828, d.1910)
Subject Date
1901
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