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Figure 5

From: Swiss flag or Red Cross emblem: why the confusion?

Figure 5

Casualties from the Battle of Solferino (June 24, 1859) and evolution of military Red Cross ambulances. The insert shows a contemporary picture of the Red Cross founder Jean-Henri Dunant (around 1860). The lower panels depict the development of Red Cross ambulances from a 19th century horse carriage (left), to a world war I British Army Ford T model in 1916 (center), and a contemporary Swiss Army all-terrain Pinzgauer (right). Source of the painting: “Battaglia di Solferino”, unknown painter, Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento Italiano, Torino, Italy.

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