Ligue des Societes de la Croix Rouge's memorial tablet

A memorial tablet on an exterior wall of the Hotel Regina in Paris (2 Place des Pyramides) remembers the foundation, on May 5, 1919, of what today is the Fédération internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies). The founding countries were France, USA, Italy, UK and Japan.

The French inscription reads as follows: "A l'hôtel Régina, le 5 mai 1919, les sociétés de la Croix-Rouge des Etats-Unis, de France, de Grande-Bretagne, d'Italie et du Japon ont fondé la "Ligue des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge" devenue la Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant Rouge le 5 mai 1994."

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  • Photos by Luca Borghi ti.supmacinu|ihgrob.l#| (July 2014)


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